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Locality Name:
Susanville District (Galena District), Grant Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Susanville District (Galena District), Grant Co., Oregon, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Badger Mine
Elk Creek Placers
Middle Fork John Day River Placers

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212582573092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12582579052
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125825727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS125825724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3258257,258258,25825930554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125825739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125825761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125825721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312582575317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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