Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 66382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bush Ranch Occurrence
Coon Creek Claims (Gemmell Claims)
Fox Prospect
George A. McLean Occurrence
Grand Cove Prospect
Homestake Claim (Daley Pits)
Lick Creek Copper Occurrence
Stanley And Brown Prospect (Brownsboro Clay & Quicksilver)
Star F. Ranch Occurrence (Fararr Pits)
Tyrell Mine (Manganese Metals Co. Mine)

Latitude: 42°26'32"N
Longitude: 122°38'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.442222222222,-122.63416666667

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.

Baryte	Gypsum	None	Quartz	Rutile

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: Ba Ca H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Gypsum None Quartz Rutile

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Gypsum ()*	Manganite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	259060	11547
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	259060	6890
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	259053,259060	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	259060	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	259053	61156

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-18743	1.1	0.1	0.6±0.5	18743	149265	Grand Cove Prospect, Lake Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34097	1.8	0	0.9±0.9	34097	149265	Grand Cove Prospect, Lake Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37814	29	25	27±2	37814	149507	Homestake Claim (Daley Pits), Lake Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-41441	23	21	22±1	41441	149950	Lick Creek Copper Occurrence, Lake Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-41446	35	20	27+8/-7	41446	151715	Stanley And Brown Prospect (Brownsboro Clay & Quicksilver), Lake Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37817	24	22	23±1	37817	151716	Star F. Ranch Occurrence (Fararr Pits), Lake Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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