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Locality Name:
Turner-Albright Mine (Mammoth Mine; Turner Mine; Turner And Albright Mine; Granore), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 157
Youngest recorded age at locality: 157

mindat Locality ID: 66391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66391.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turner-Albright Mine (Mammoth Mine; Turner Mine; Turner And Albright Mine; Granore), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: As Au Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStannite
TetrahedriteVivianite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2157157027198
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1571570814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS157157024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu157157030554
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41571570249
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS215715705674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2157157039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S815715709056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS157157021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41571570668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1315715705317



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002449157157        Zn, Cu, Ag, Au, S66391Turner-Albright Mine (Mammoth Mine; Turner Mine; Turner And Albright Mine; Granore), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USATurner Albright Massive Sulfide DepositKuhns and Baitis (1987)10.2113/gsecongeo.82.5.1362EG82_1362 
vms-01072157157Jurassic       S66391Turner-Albright Mine (Mammoth Mine; Turner Mine; Turner And Albright Mine; Granore), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USATurner-AlbrightMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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