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Locality Name:
Sucker Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 66385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sucker Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ajax Placer Mine
Boswell Mine (Little Gem)
Four Leaf Clover Placer
Gem Quartz Claim (Little Jim)
Little Gem Mine
Lost Prospect Group (Inspiration Group; Swan Mountain Group)
Ow Yuen Claims (Akers; Oregon Caves)
Rainbow Mine (Siskron Mine; January 1st. Mine)
Sucker Creek Placers
Tannen Placer Mine
Tip Top Mine
Tomlinson Gates And Thomas Claims

Latitude: 42°6'31"N
Longitude: 123°29'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.108611111111,-123.48444444444
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 Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
Rhodonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412601025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)126009727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12601025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23260093,260097,26010227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12601023531
Gold  (*)CopperAu8260090,260091,260092,260093,260097,260099,260100,26010130554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22260095,26010212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2126009717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23260093,260097,26010239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23260097,260101,26010261156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1260096969


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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