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Locality Name:
Butte Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 66378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Butte Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brownsboro Clay (Jackson County Road Dept.)
Call Of The Wild Prospect (Grand Cove Prospect)
Newstrom Ranch
Nichols Prospect
Vestal Group

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 C Ca Cu H Hg Mn Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousCalciteClayCopperGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RutileSmectite-vermiculite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212587355509
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O125873585
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125873627770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12587353531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12587342600
Copper  (*)CopperCu12587353846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12587352970
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12587366890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125873512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2258736,258738770
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12587352994
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212587383106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125873561156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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