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Locality Name:
Malheur District (Mormon Basin District), Malheur Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50194
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50194.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malheur District (Mormon Basin District), Malheur Co., Oregon, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Amelia Placer Area
Basin Creek Site (Mormon Basin; Basin Creek; Cottonwood Creek; Clark Creek; Willow Creek)
Berry Nickel Occurrence
Blue Mud Occurrence (Gorman)
Boulder Placer Claim (Pacific Placers; Basin Resources Mine)
Chrome Occurrence (MRDS - 10036687)
Cleveland Development Company Occurrence
Colt Placer Property
Cow Valley Butte
Duncan Site Occurrence
Eldorado Placer Area
Golden Eagle Mine
Hice Occurrence (Gold Star; Buckhorn; Golden Star)
Humboldt Mine
Iron Hill Prospect
La Rae No. 1 Occurrence
Lucky Strike Occurrence
Malheur City Placers (Gold Flour Mining Company; Jones Placer)
Mammoth Group (Black Eagle Mine)
Mormon Basin Placer (Colt Placers)
Morton Occurrence
Mule Shoe (Lucky Dog)
Noah
Ora Marmo Occurrence
Overshot Group Mine
Racey Property (Racey Porphory Gold Project)
Randall Occurrence (Regal)
Red; White And Blue Prospect
Roney Chromite Occurrence
Sunday Hill Mine
Timmons Talc Occurrence
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10153575)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10153636)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10177769)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10250285)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10274072)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10274552)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10298472)
Veta Gold Mine
Wirth

Latitude: 44°23'32"N
Longitude: 117°38'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.392222222222,-117.64222222222
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 Cr Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
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)212612633092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126126027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42261241,2612583902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12612572600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3261250,261263,26126624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu126125030554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42261251,26125214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126126317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25261248,261250,261260,261263,26126639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26261238,261245,261248,261257,261260,26126361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4261250,261260,261263,26126621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312612453418


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