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Locality Name:
Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 290
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 252574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 83
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District)
Greenhorn District

Latitude: 44°45'8"N
Longitude: 118°9'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.752222222222,-118.1625
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21255103718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16615012255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064,255065,255086,2551049052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5255034,255043,255049,255051,25508327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216615013255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064,255065,255071,255086,25510427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412550673902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12550432600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1255086966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125506224243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1255086131
Gold  (*)CopperAu4255034,255065,255075,25508030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125508314640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS216615012255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064,255065,255086,2551045674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212550995800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125504317380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312550431425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216615029255026,255028,255029,255031,255034,255038,255039,255042,255043,255046,255047,255048,255049,255050,255051,255056,255058,255059,255060,255061,255062,255063,255064,255065,255071,255086,255090,255097,25510439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216615027255026,255028,255029,255031,255034,255039,255040,255042,255043,255046,255047,255048,255049,255050,255051,255056,255058,255059,255061,255063,255064,255065,255071,255086,255090,255097,25510461156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23255034,255061,255064253
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2255043,25506521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S316615012255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064,255065,255086,2551043418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212551033337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1316615012255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064,255065,255086,2551045317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
USGS-Rb-Sr-03621166150158±8Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     53513Argonaut Mine (Wilmot; Hemler; George E), Bourne (Cracker City), Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
NAVDAT-14928290206248±42   14928    252587Marble Point, Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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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