Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Black Butte District, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Butte District, Lane Co., Oregon, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Butte Mine
Hobart Butte
Sullivan Occurrence
Woodard Occurrence (Bald Butte; Cinnabar Mountain)

Latitude: 43°34'54"N
Longitude: 123°4'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.581666666667,-123.07277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Clay	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Stibnite

Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dickite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Stibnite ()*

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 As C Ca Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	260620	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	260620,260621,260622	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	260621	651
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	260621	5591
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	260621	42
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	260620	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	260620	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	260620	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	260620	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	260621	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	260620,260621	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	260620,260621	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	260621	712
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	260621	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	260620,260621	6417
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	260621	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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