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:
Prairie City, Quartzburg District (Comer District), Grant Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 293362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prairie City, Quartzburg District (Comer District), Grant Co., Oregon, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dixie Meadows Flat

Latitude: 44°32'42"N
Longitude: 118°40'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.545,-118.68055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Löllingite	Mica	None	Perovskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vivianite

Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Löllingite Mica None Perovskite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	258155	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	258155	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	258155	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	258155	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	258155	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	258155	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	258155	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	258155	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	258155	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	258155	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	258155	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	258155	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	258155	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	258155	317
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	258155	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	258155	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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