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Locality Name:
Winona District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 66190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Winona District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Brass Nail Placer
Dick Mine
Eagle Mine
Gopher Mine
Hammersely Chrome Mine
Lambtongue Mine (Baby Mine)
Lucky Queen Mine (Double Eagle; Lozier Dike)
Mount Pitt Mine (County Line Mine)
Oak Mine
Oro Fino Mine (Singing Water; Gold Drift; Elk Horn)
Singing Water Placer Claim
Swastika Placer Mine

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: Al Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12603191036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612603192060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4260317,260319,260321,26032327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22260319,26032227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42260314,2603183902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12603191025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12603238173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126032224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu8260314,260315,260316,260317,260319,260320,260324,26032530554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22260319,26032212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126031917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27260316,260317,260319,260320,260321,260322,26032339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212603223106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812603229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27260315,260316,260317,260319,260321,260322,26032361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126032221482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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