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Locality Name:
Virtue District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 49800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virtue District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 74
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 73
Child Localities:
Baisely Creek Gold Occurrence
Bates Edward Claims (St Paul)
Black Beauty Claim (Black Beauty Claim Pleasant Valley)
Brazos Mine (Black Beauty Claim; Rachel; Manganese 1 And 2)
Bulldozer Creek Uranium Occurrence
Carroll B. Occurrence
Chicago-Virtue Prospect (Bob And Jack Claim; Chicago Virtue Prospect; Barry Property)
Cliff Mine (Bengal And Provider)
Columbian Prospect (Foster R.S. Claims; Black Lode Claim)
Con-Virginia Mine (Virtue Group; Con Virginia)
Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10032638)
Cyclone Occurrence (Norwood)
Emma (Montie Consolidated Quartz Claim)
Flagstaff Hill Gold Prospect
Flagstaff Mine (Yellowjacket Group)
Flagstaff Sand Pit
Forster R. S. Claims (Blackbird)
Foster R. S. Claim Black Lode
Friday Mine Inc. (Friday Mine Pit; Columbia-Friday)
Friis Property
Glen Klassart Prospect
Gold Mine (MRDS - 10052350)
Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10032649)
Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10032653)
Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10032656)
Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10032659)
Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10032662)
Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10032673)
Gold Powder
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032605)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032629)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032640)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032642)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032645)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032651)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032652)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032655)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10095125)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10095126)
Heston Site
Hidden Treasure Mine
Indendent 1 & 2 Occurrence
Last Chance (Independence No. 1 And No. 2)
Last Chance Claim
Lucky Strike Prospect
Mabel
Name Unknown Occurrence (MRDS - 10032633)
Name Unknown Occurrence (MRDS - 10032658)
North Powder Pit (MRDS - 10152331)
Norwood Mine (Black Joe; Morton Group; Stevens Group; Capitola)
Oregon Trail Occurrence
Pat Mine
Quartz Gulch Occurrence
Rachel Consolidated Quartz Claims (Last Chance Independence No. 1; Rachel)
Ruckles Creek
San Luis Claim
Section 10 Gold Occurrence
Section 29 Gold Mine
St. Paul Mine
Sun Dog Prospect (Desert Rose Mine; Old Sun Crack)
Sunset Group (Sunshine; Suncrack)
Uncle Dan Mine
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10177254)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10127913)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10152731)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10177306)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10200334)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10224711)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10249375)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10298043)
Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10036954)
Virtue Flat
White Swan Mine

Latitude: 44°46'20"N
Longitude: 117°41'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.772222222222,-117.69055555556

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzScheelite
StibniteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3255706,255713,25577127770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41255739352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22255709,25577127198
Gold  (*)CopperAu2255771,25577230554
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21255739230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125570912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22255713,25577117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22255709,25577139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25255706,255713,255759,255771,25577261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3255706,255713,2557714894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34255707,255713,255739,2557593418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312557135317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31255739369



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