Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Jefferson Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jefferson Co., Oregon, USA": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Ashwood
Culver Quarry (Culver Pit)
Friend Occurrence
Gateway Quarry
Gray Butte Occurrence
Grenada
Grody Quarry
Horse Heaven District
Jefferson County Pit
Madras
Madras Pit (Madias Pit)
Madras/Prineville Hwy Jct SE
Metolius Quarry
Ochoco Creek
Opal Spring
Pelton Pit
Priday Polka Dot Beds
Qualle Quarry
Quarry (MRDS - 10053300)
Quarry (MRDS - 10099112)
Round Butte Cinder Pit
Schmoker Quarry
Stevenson Quarry (Stevenson Pit)
Swanson Quarry
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10176936)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10201350)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10225512)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10250022)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10274163)
Warm Springs Quarry
Willowdale Rose
Zimpki Quarry

Latitude: 44°38'39"N
Longitude: 121°2'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.644166666667,-121.04277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epsomite	Gypsum
Heulandite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mordenite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Antimony ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epsomite Gypsum
Heulandite Marcasite Melanterite Mordenite None Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	259358	363
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	259376	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	259357,259361,259370,259371,259376,259381	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	1	259358	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	259366	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	259366	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	15	259353,259357,259358,259359,259360,259361,259362,259363,259364,259368,259369,259370,259371,259381,259384	2600
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	259376	24
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	259363	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	259366	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	259366	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	259357,259358,259361,259363,259364	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	259358,259364	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	6	259357,259358,259361,259363,259364,259368	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	259358	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2	259356,259364	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2	259356,259364	255
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	259356,259364	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	259376	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	259376	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	259356,259358	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	259358,259366,259368,259372	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	259349,259357,259361,259366,259372,259376,259381,259382,259383,259387	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	259356,259358	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	259366	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	259366	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	259356	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	259358,259364,259367,259368	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	259358	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	259366	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061099	Richardson Ranch (Priday Ranch), Madras, Jefferson Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/R061099

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