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Locality Name:
Coos Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 165
Youngest recorded age at locality: 163

mindat Locality ID: 31108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coos Co., Oregon, USA": 158
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 153

Number of Child Localities: 71
Child Localities:
4000 Quarry
Art E. Jones Pit
Azalea Lake Road Pit
Bandon
Beach Area
Blue Pit & Plant
Bluebird Occurrence
Bob Angell; Inc
Brinks Mining; Inc.
Broadbent
Charleston Occurrence
Coo-Sand Corporation
Coos Bay
Eckley Quarry
Eckley Site
Eden District
Enchanted Prairie
Endicott Creek Pit (Endicott Creek Gravel Pit)
Enegren
Fairview Site
Fat Elk Site
Guerin Manganese Occurrence (Guerin Prospect Coos Bay Area)
Hervey Quarry
Indian Creek Pit
Jarvis Pit & Plant
John R. Stinson Ranch Prospect
Kenrock
Kenstone
Kentuck
Kentuck Slough
Kincheloe Quarry
Koosrock Quarry
Koostone Quarry (Baker Quarry)
Langlois
Leep Quarry
Mahaffy Quarry
Main Quarry And Plant
McLeod Quarry
McMullen Pit (MRDS - 10051820)
McMullen Pit (MRDS - 10052542)
Messerle Site
Morgan W C Limestone
Myrtle Point District (Johnson District)
Old Diamond Pit
Pigeon Point Occurrence
Powers Quarry
Purkenson Quarry And Plant
Quarry (MRDS - 10032237)
Quarry (MRDS - 10032250)
Quarry (MRDS - 10032252)
Quarry (MRDS - 10032255)
Quarry (MRDS - 10032256)
Quarry (MRDS - 10032257)
Quarry (MRDS - 10098242)
Randolph District
Roberts Manganese Deposit
Rookard Manganese Prospect (Rookard Prospect Coquille Area)
Section 14 Pit
Sixes River District
Smith
Statsman Manganese Occurrence (Artz Property)
Sunset Bay Occurrence
Unnamed Clay Pit (MRDS - 10273866)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10152588)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10273985)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10274159)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10274279)
Unnamed Stone Pit (MRDS - 10152434)
Unnamed Stone Pit (MRDS - 10152828)
Unnamed Stone Pit (MRDS - 10177278)
Unnamed Stone Pit (MRDS - 10298383)

Latitude: 43°9'35"N
Longitude: 124°8'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.159722222222,-124.13611111111
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 Ir K Mg Mn Na O Os Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
IlvaiteLawsoniteMalachiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Deerite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenalite  (*)Howieite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Lawsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Osmium  (*)Petzite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)212566343419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612566341022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3256622,256634,25664911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412566495516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125664927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12566495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27256559,256649,256651,256652,256661,256663,25667227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O416516333256538,256541,256544,256545,256546,256549,256550,256552,256553,256554,256555,256556,256558,256562,256563,256564,256566,256569,256571,256573,256574,256575,256577,256578,256579,256580,256581,256582,256586,256588,256658,256664,2566793902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12566493531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12566492970
Deerite  (*)NoneFe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)5125663427
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2256573,2566348173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125665224243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21256634286
Gold  (*)CopperAu16516313256545,256555,256559,256560,256562,256567,256571,256573,256583,256586,256658,256659,25667730554
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4125663461
Howieite  (*)NoneNa(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al,Mg)12(Si6O17)2(O,OH)10125663416
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O38256538,256545,256548,256555,256558,256562,256571,2565735433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1256634197
Iridium  (*)CopperIr2256571,256600162
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1256634121
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47256538,256545,256548,256558,256562,256571,25657314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22256649,25665112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125653917380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61256634229
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1256600169
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21256559409
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2256555,256562485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27256539,256559,256634,256661,256663,256665,25666839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812566529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25256545,256634,256649,256651,25666361156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1256622969
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21256634375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212565385614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2256559,25665221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312566723418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1256634456
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41256559337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12566491101
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12565735251


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
podchrome-00406165163Middle Jurassic (164±1 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)       Cr149588Independence Mine, Sixes River District, Coos Co., Oregon, USAIndependenceMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00408165163Middle Jurassic (164±1 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)       Cr149889Last Chance (Part Of The Independence Group), Sixes River District, Coos Co., Oregon, USALast Chance ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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