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Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USAi
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Close-up of eclogite knocker on the beach north of Johnson Creek

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
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Detail of garnets in omphacite in eclogite knocker north of Johnson Creek

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
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Garnets and actinolite in situ on Bandon jetty

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
08038630017272061631410.jpg
Close-up of eclogite knocker on the beach north of Johnson Creek

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
03557550017272061648525.jpg
Detail of garnets in omphacite in eclogite knocker north of Johnson Creek

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
05439180017272061654619.jpg
Garnets and actinolite in situ on Bandon jetty

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
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Close-up of eclogite knocker on the beach north of Johnson Creek

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
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Detail of garnets in omphacite in eclogite knocker north of Johnson Creek

Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, USA
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bandon3,115 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
232011
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:232011:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Bandon, comté de Coos, Oregon, États-Unis
German:
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Bandon, contea di Coos, Oregon, Stati Uniti d'America
Simplified Chinese:
班登 , 庫斯縣, 俄勒冈州, 美国
Spanish:
Bandon, Condado de Coos, Oregón, Estados Unidos
Afrikaans:
Bandon, Oregon, Verenigde State van Amerika
Arabic:
باندون, مقاطعة كوس, أوريغون, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Bandon , Coos konderria , Oregon
Bulgarian:
Бандън, Кус, Орегон, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
Bandon, Oregon, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Bandon, Coos County , Oregon
Chechen:
Бендон , Орегон, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Dutch:
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
بندن، اورگن, شهرستان کوس، اورگن, اورگن, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Haitian:
Bandon, Oregon, Etazini
Hungarian:
Bandon, Coos megye, Oregon, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Ido:
Bandon, Oregon, Usa
Japanese:
バンドン , クーズ郡, オレゴン州, アメリカ合衆国
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Бандон, Орегон, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Kyrgyz:
Бандон, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Malagasy:
Bandon, Oregon, Etazonia
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Bandon, Coos Kūn
Polish:
Bandon, Hrabstwo Coos, Oregon, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Bandon, Condado de Coos, Óregon, Estados Unidos
Serbian:
Bandon, Округ Кус, Орегон, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, Sjedinjene Američke Države
South Azerbaijani:
بندن، اورقن, اورقن ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Tatar:
Бендон , Орегон, Америка Кушма Штатлары
Thai:
แบนดัน, รัฐออริกอน, ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา
Turkish:
Bandon, Coos, Oregon, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Бендон, Кус, Орегон, Сполучені Штати Америки
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Bandon, Oregon, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Volapük:
Bandon, Oregon, Lamerikän
Welsh:
Bandon, Oregon, Unol Daleithiau America


A city on the south side of the mouth of the Coquille River. It was named by George Bennet, an Irish peer who settled nearby in 1873. He named the town after Bandon in Ireland, which was his hometown.

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

6 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
'Feldspar Group'
References:
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
'Glaucophane Root Name Group'
Formula: ◻[Na2][Z2+3Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
References:
Rutile
Formula: TiO2

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Feldspar Group'-
'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'-
'Glaucophane Root Name Group'-◻[Na2][Z2+3Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Actinolite-Tremolite Series
H Glaucophane Root Name Group◻[Na2][Z32+Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
OOxygen
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O RutileTiO2
O Actinolite-Tremolite Series
O Glaucophane Root Name Group◻[Na2][Z32+Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
FFluorine
F Glaucophane Root Name Group◻[Na2][Z32+Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
NaSodium
Na Glaucophane Root Name Group◻[Na2][Z32+Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite-Tremolite Series
AlAluminium
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Glaucophane Root Name Group◻[Na2][Z32+Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
SiSilicon
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Actinolite-Tremolite Series
Si Glaucophane Root Name Group◻[Na2][Z32+Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl Glaucophane Root Name Group◻[Na2][Z32+Al2]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite-Tremolite Series
TiTitanium
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti RutileTiO2
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Actinolite-Tremolite Series

Fossils

There are 19 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences19
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed3.60 Ma (Pliocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Late Pleistocene terrace160.126 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)
Merced30.781 - 0.126 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Lepeta
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetidae : Lepeta0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Margarites (Pupillaria)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochidae : Margarites : Margarites (Pupillaria)0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Crepidula
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Calyptraeidae : Crepidula0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Trichotropis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : Trichotropis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fusinus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Fusinus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Thais
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Thais0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Hiatella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : Hiatella0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Balanus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Balanidae : Balanus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Hemithiris
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Hemithirididae : Hemithiris0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mytilus edulis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : Mytilus edulis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pododesmus macrochisma
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Pododesmus : Pododesmus macrochisma0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Ostrea lurida
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea lurida3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Mya (Mya) truncata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Myidae : Mya : Mya (Mya) truncata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Macoma inquinata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Macoma : Macoma inquinata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mactromeris polynyma
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Mactridae : Mactromeris : Mactromeris polynyma3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Nutricola tantilla
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Nutricola : Nutricola tantilla0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Terebratulina unguicula
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : Terebratulina : Terebratulina unguicula0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Nutricola lordi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Nutricola : Nutricola lordi3.6 - 0.781 Ma
Cenozoic
Macoma (Macoma) golikovi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Macoma : Macoma (Macoma) golikovi0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon,_Oregon
Wikidata ID:Q2088015
GeoNames ID:5712417

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