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Locality Name:
Mount Reuben District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Reuben District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Ajax Group
Baker Mine
Benton Mine
California Gulch Mine (California Gulch Lode Mine)
California Mine (Wheeler Tunnel; Hercules Mining Company)
Copper Stain Group (Golden Hope; Thirteen; Redeemer; Elbertina; Susie; Rabbit Foot)
Garry Johnson Group
Gold Bug Mine (Oregonian; Bimetallic; Silver State; U.S. Silver Dollar)
Hercules Group
Molly Hill Mine
Mount Reuben (North Star; Gary Johnson)
Pyx Mine (Pix)
Reno Group (Hubbert; Elwida Group; Kramer Group)
Tibbets Springs Group
Tyee Bar Placer

Latitude: 42°41'42"N
Longitude: 123°35'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.695,-123.59083333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4260014,260016,260018,26002127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12600245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27260016,260017,260020,260021,260024,260025,26002727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12600213531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212600169895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3260016,260017,2600218173
Gold  (*)CopperAu8260015,260016,260019,260021,260022,260025,260027,26002830554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42260016,26002114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212600165674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212600165800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23260016,260018,26002617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212260014,260016,260017,260018,260019,260020,260021,260022,260024,260025,260026,26002739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27260014,260016,260018,260021,260022,260025,26002661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212600165614
Silver  (*)CopperAg12600275186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126001621482
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12600261025


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