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Locality Name:
Eagle Creek District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 293194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293194.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eagle Creek District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Amalgamated (Flying Dutchman)
Basin Mine
Bradley Creek Mine
Buffalo Mine
Burkemont Occurrence (North American Copper Company; Copper Union)
Clover Creek Copper Mine
Copper Butte Group (Gilkeson; Copper Queen)
Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10032692)
Cornucopia Mine
Daddy Lode (Blue Bell)
Dolly Varden
Dolly Varden Nos. 1 And 2 Prospect (Bendigo Group)
Drum Lummon; Glacier Park Occurrence
Eagle Creek Placers
East Eagle (Woodard Group; McGee; Oliver Property)
East Eagle Mining & Milling Company (Golden King; Miller & Lane Group)
Forster And Thomas Copper Claim (Sovereign)
Goose Creek Placers (Hog'Em)
Higgins And Eveland Claims (Higgins And Exeland Claims)
Hillsboro Gold Mining Company Occurrence (Eagle Creek Junction Placer Mine)
Hilltop Keating Claim
Lily White Mine
Lost Horse Group (Red Warrior Mining Company)
McIntyre Group (Old Man)
Mix Brothers And Becker
Mother Lode Mine (Goose Creek; Poorman Group; Oregon Copper; Balm Creek Mines)
North America Copper Company Prospect
O'Brien Lode
Old Crow
Paddy Creek Occurrence
Pathfinder Group (Moorehead Group)
Poor Man (Gilkeson; Balm Creek Gold Mining Company; Mother Lode; Eagle Cap Wilderness; Poorman)
Red Knob Claims
Richfield
Richland Deposit
Roy And Sturgill (Macintyre Group)
Sanger Mine
Sheep Rock Mine (McGee; Summit Dunham Miles; Bradley Creek)
Simmons Mine (Simmons Creek Prospect; Simmons Prospect)
Snowstorm Prospect (Copper Spread)
Tucker
United Consolidated Group
White Claim
Yellow Nugget (Yellow Nugget No. 2)

Latitude: 44°58'25"N
Longitude: 117°23'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.973611111111,-117.39083333333
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 Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidote
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212552463419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22255245,2552653092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3255245,255249,25526311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42255244,2552465516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3255246,255265,25527627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3255246,255263,2552725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210255241,255245,255249,255254,255256,255263,255265,255270,255276,25527727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412552423902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5255244,255246,255247,255260,2552653531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12552692600
Copper  (*)CopperCu4255244,255246,255263,2552723846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2255246,2552722970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2255244,2552468173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2255256,25527624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4255253,255265,255269,25527630554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612552452228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28255244,255245,255246,255247,255260,255265,255270,25527212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212552525800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125524017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28255241,255245,255254,255263,255265,255270,255276,25527739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212255240,255241,255245,255246,255254,255256,255263,255265,255269,255270,255276,25527761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12552445186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2255241,25527621482


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