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Locality Name:
Sumpter, Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 252572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sumpter, Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Aldora Claim
Allen Nickel Prospect (Castle; Morin)
Buck Gulch Mine (Weaver)
Consuelo Oregon Mines (Consuelo Oregon Mines Placer Dredge; Sumpter Dredges)
Deer Creek Placer
Downey Placer
Ellis Mine (Merry Agness)
England And Hilliard Placer (England And Hilliard Placer Dredge)
Gardner Mine (Northey Ranch Deposit)
Golden Chariot Mining & Milling Occurrence (Tri-State Mining & Milling)
Lazy Jim Mine
Little; Harris & Wolfinger Dredge (Little Harris And Wolfinger Dredge; Nutting K R Dredging Company)
Meyers Rock Pit
Standard Consolidated Mine
Unnamed Au Occurrence [5]
Unnamed Au Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au Prospect [3]
Unnamed Au Prospect [4]
Unnamed Stone Pit [1]

Latitude: 44°44'36"N
Longitude: 118°11'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.743333333333,-118.19111111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartz
StibniteTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12550869052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125508327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125508627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1255086966
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1255086131
Gold  (*)CopperAu2255075,25508030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125508314640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212550865674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22255086,25509039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22255086,25509061156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312550863418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312550865317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070585Standard Consolidated Mine, Sumpter, Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070585

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