Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queen Of Bronze Mine (North And South Queen Of Bronze), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 68383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68383.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen Of Bronze Mine (North And South Queen Of Bronze), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°3'2"N
Longitude: 123°35'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.050555555556,-123.59944444444

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Vivianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	300	300	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	300	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	300	300	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	300	300	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	300	300	2970
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	300	300	814
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	300	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300	300	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	300	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	300	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	300	300	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	300	300	1101

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01071	300	300	Paleozoic-Triassic										S	68383	Queen Of Bronze Mine (North And South Queen Of Bronze), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Queen of Bronze	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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