Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Clackamas River Localities, Clackamas Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 298837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clackamas River Localities, Clackamas Co., Oregon, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Big Cliff
Estacada Pyrite Locality
Fish Creek Road - Highway 224 Junction
Memaloose Roadcut
Oak Grove Fork

Latitude: 45°9'49"N
Longitude: 122°13'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.163611111111,-122.23111111111

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Gismondine	Gypsum	Harmotome	Heulandite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-K ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Gismondine Gypsum Harmotome Heulandite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	255895	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	255892,255893,255894,255895	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	255891,255892,255893	309
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	255895	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	255892	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	255891,255893	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	255893	290
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	255895	246
Heulandite-K ()*	Heulandite	(K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	255893	32
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	255895	1508
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	255892	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	255894	2994
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	255893	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	255891,255892,255893,255895	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	255892,255893	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	255891,255892,255893,255894	6417
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	255895	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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