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Locality Name:
Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Charles W. Chapman Quarry (Chapman Quarry)
Goble Creek
Goble Quarry (Nicolai Quarry)
Jaquish Roadcut
Neer Road
Reuben Quarry
Roadside Quarry

Latitude: 46°0'59"N
Longitude: 122°52'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.016388888889,-122.88138888889

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAnalcimeApophylliteAragoniteCalciteClayCopperGismondineLévyne
MicaMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileThomsonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Boggsite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cavansite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cowlesite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Garronite-Ca  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Mesolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Offretite  (*)Okenite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tschernichite  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2256448,2564491627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12564493250
Boggsite  (*)NoneNa3Ca8(Si77Al19)O192·70H2O12564492
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6256444,256447,256448,256449,256450,25645127770
Cavansite  (*)NoneCa(V4+O)(Si4O10)·4H2O2256444,25644814
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21256449309
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12564473531
Copper  (*)CopperCu5256444,256447,256448,256449,2564503846
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O125644984
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1256449138
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2256448,256449303
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O125644966
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O042
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O3256448,256449,256450425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O3256448,256449,256451405
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O1256449146
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O2256448,25644971
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12564492994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125645139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22256447,2564493106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22256448,25644961156
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3256444,256448,256449452
Tschernichite  (*)NoneCaAl2Si6O16·8H2O12564497
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O125644973



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060627Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060627
R060482Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060482


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