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:
Bourne (Cracker City), Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 166
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 59235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bourne (Cracker City), Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Amazon Prospect
Analulu Mine
Appomattox Claim
Argonaut Mine (Wilmot; Hemler; George E)
Bald Mountain Group
Bates Prospect
Belle Of Baker Mine
Big Pine Group (Silver Dick; War Eagle)
Big Pine Group (War Eagle Mine; Silver Dick Mine)
Blue Jacket Occurrence
Boston Occurrence
Brooklyn Mine (Free Coinage Mine)
Buckeye Mine
Bunker Hill Mine (Myrtle Claim; Lilac Claim; Bunker Hill Claim)
Climax Mine
Columbia Mine
Cracker Creek Mine (Victor)
Cracker Highland Occurrence (South Minniapolis)
Cracker-Klondike Occurrence (Klondike)
Cracker-Oregon Mine
Cracker-Summit Mine (Dutchman Mine)
Esmerelda Mine (Silver King; Emma Group)
Eureka And Excelsior Mine (E & E Mine; Cracker Creek Mine)
Even Chance Occurrence
Galloway Mine
Golconda Group
Grand Trunk Mine
King Pin Group
Mammoth Mine
Morning Star Mine (Morning Star Occurrence; Extension)
Mountain Bell Mine (Mountain Belle Mine)
North Pole Mine

Latitude: 44°49'33"N
Longitude: 118°13'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.825833333333,-118.22583333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	166	150	9	255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	255034,255043,255049,255051	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	166	150	9	255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	255043	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	255062	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	255034	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	166	150	9	255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	255043	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	255043	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	166	150	23	255026,255028,255029,255031,255034,255038,255039,255042,255043,255046,255047,255048,255049,255050,255051,255056,255058,255059,255060,255061,255062,255063,255064	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	166	150	21	255026,255028,255029,255031,255034,255039,255040,255042,255043,255046,255047,255048,255049,255050,255051,255056,255058,255059,255061,255063,255064	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	255034,255061,255064	253
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	255043	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	166	150	9	255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	166	150	9	255028,255029,255031,255034,255042,255043,255050,255061,255064	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-03621	166	150	158±8	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		whole rock							53513	Argonaut Mine (Wilmot; Hemler; George E), Bourne (Cracker City), Cracker Creek District (Sumpter District; Bourne District; McCully District), Blue Mts, Baker Co., Oregon, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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