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


mindat Locality ID: 49789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conner Creek District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Bay Horse
Chrome Occurrence (MRDS - 10036686)
Conner Creek Placers
Conner Mine
Connor & Fox Creeks Occurrence
Connor Creek Occurrence (Rose Lee)
Connor Creek Prospect
Daily Creek Ranch
Gallagher Groups
Gold Mine (MRDS - 10052415)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032822)
Gypsum Mine (Certainteed Products)
Kromite Mining Company
Lambert & Flick
Liddy Group
Mullin Prospect
Olson's Placer
Quicksand Creek Tunnel Gold Prospect
Schist Mine (Snake River Mine)
Soda Creek Mine
Soda Creek Uranium Prospect
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10152839)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10176798)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10200465)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10224852)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10231795)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10273883)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10298270)
Unnamed Gold Quarry (Snake River Quarry; MRDS - 10152585)

Latitude: 44°35'14"N
Longitude: 117°10'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.587222222222,-117.18
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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousCalciteClayCopperCorundumMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12551412793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125515327770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44255139,255144,255150,2551513902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2255143,2551442600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212551519895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125513824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3255140,255141,25515330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125515614640
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125515617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12551442994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24255141,255143,255151,25515639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25255141,255144,255152,255153,25515661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125513821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312551381803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133255138,255152,2551535317


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