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Locality Name:
Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 163
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35

mindat Locality ID: 50171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA": 156
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 154

Number of Child Localities: 153
Child Localities:
Applegate River Group
Bailey Gold Pocket (Bailey Property)
Beeman Limestone Occurrence
Betty
Big Chief Property (Poison Oak; Tyee)
Big Jim Prospect
Birdseye Occurrence
Bishop And Sturtevant Dredge (MRDS - 10274409)
Blanche Claim (May Belle Claim)
Blue Eagle Occurrence
Blue Hill Group
Bolling And Koster Mine (Glen Ditch Placer)
Bonanza Prospect
Booth Occurrence
Bowden Claim (Forest Lane)
Braden Mine (Braden Extension)
Bristol Granite Quarry
Bristol Limestone
Bristol Silica Mine
Brown Beauty Occurrence
Buckskin Mine (Curry Pocket; Maybelle)
Bull Frog Placer
Bull Of The Woods Mine
Bunce Prospect
Burnt Pine 1-2-3
Calumet
Capitol Hill Prospect
Cascade View Mine
Cedar Chrome Occurrence (Ramsey Chrome)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10032345)
Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10043331)
Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10273869)
Conger Quartz Occurrence
Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10036422)
Coster & Catton's Claim
Crouch
Cynthia Tremolite Occurrence
Davis Ledge Prospect
Dixie Placer
Dixie Queen Occurrence (Dixie Mine)
Doris Ledge Occurrence
Dragon Tail Prospect (Onion Springs Group)
Ducharme No. 6 Occurrence (Newnham; Wells 1940 No. 21)
Duncan And Williams Washing Plant
Dunromin Mine
Eagle Mine
Erickson Prospect (United Copper Company)
Evans Creek Prospect
Evergreen
Float Occurrence (MRDS - 10032383)
Flume Gulch Prospect
Foots Creek Placers
Foots Creek Tungsten Occurrence
Fort Knox (Lucky Tovell)
Frost Claims
Galls Creek Placer (Oregon Placer Mines Inc Dredge; Blockert)
Gammill Prospects (Crystal Spring Group; Warren Nell; Lucky Strike)
GC&E Placer Claim
Glory Hole Occurrence
Gold Hill Pocket
Gold Plate (Iron Cube)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042826)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042839)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042841)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042845)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10053132)
Gold Ray Granite (Gold Ray Brick)
Gold Ridge Mine
Gold Standard Occurrence
Golden Cross Mine (Trust Buster Mine; Golden Wedge Mine)
Golden Road
Hanson Ranch Occurrence (Trail Uranium Group)
Heath Occurrence (El Dorado Prospect)
Henry And Betty Shanknis Diggings Occurrence
Holcomb Mineral Spring
Iron Mountain Placer
Jim Dandy
Johnson Occurrence (Rogue River)
Jolly Prospect (Blue Ridge Cinnabar)
Kane Creek
King Mountain
Kubli Mine (Golden Standard Mining Company)
Lady Sue Occurrence (Zwan)
Last Chance Group Placer
Last Chance Property
Limestone Quarry (MRDS - 10042825)
Little Johnny Property (No. 27 G. P. Quad)
Lively Limestone Mine (Hughes Group)
Lost Cabin Mine
Lucky King
Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10032370)
Mansfield Mine
Martin Limestone
McCauley Prospect
McCulley Prospect
McTimmons Placer
Miller (Old Faithfull Mining Group)
Millionaire Mine
Molybdenum Prospect (MRDS - 10042821)
Morris Property
Mountain View Prospect
Nellie Wright Mine
North Pole
Old Fort Lane Claim
Onion Springs No. 1
Oregon Placer Mines
Pleasant Creek Placers (Lone Star; Murphy-Murray; Telkamp; William; Scott's; Johnson)
Pleasant No. 1 & 2
Rainbow Chrome Occurrence
Ramsey Lake Prospect
Raspberry Creek
Ray Mine (Fair View Claim)
Red Oak Mine (Gold Hill And Bohemia Mining Company)
Reed Mine
Revenue Pocket
Rogue River Gold Mining Company (Rogue River Gold Minco)
Safeway
Sardine Creek Placers
Schaffer Claim
Scott Manganese Prospect
Seaman Bar
Shamrock Mine (Chisholm Copper; Shamrock Manganese)
Shull Occurrence
Sinniger
Smuggler Mine
Solomon Group
Sprague Placer (Hustin; Hershberger Placer)
Standing Buck No. 1-2
Starr Prospect
Stearns Moly Prospect
Stromberg Silica Occurrence
Sylvanite Mine (Last Chance)
The Star
Thrush Occurrence
Tito Prospect (Cramer)
Tolman Iron Property (Garfield Iron & Lime Company)
Trust Buster (Golden Wedge; Golden Cross)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10273878)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10274116)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10201346)
Unnamed Quartz-Serpentine Pit (MRDS - 10249371)
Victory Group (Victory Nos. 1-4)
Vroman Placer
Ward Creek Placers (Magerle; Duncan; Duncan-Williams; Old; Leach & Burke; Baerlocker)
West Evans Creek Copper Occurrence
White Horse Mining Company Lode Mine
White Horse Mining Company Placer Mine
Whitney Mine
Willow Springs
Wilson George Jennie Occurrence
Winsenburg Occurrence
Woods Prospect (Cleveland Claim)
Woolf Tungsten Occurrence

Latitude: 42°29'33"N
Longitude: 123°5'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.4925,-123.0925
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb Pt S Si Te U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca K O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMarcasiteMelonite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTalcTetradymite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bütschliite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1258978312
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12588699052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412590015516
Bütschliite  (*)NoneK2Ca(CO3)216335011
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8258869,258893,258913,258926,258953,258967,258978,25898827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12590015707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212258862,258869,258907,258924,258942,258953,258954,258957,258978,258988,259001,25900427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41631637258883,258884,258903,258912,258936,258955,2589903902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS39352258932,2589792600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12588698173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8258869,258898,258910,258953,258957,258967,258988,25900924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu41258858,258860,258862,258866,258868,258869,258874,258875,258876,258877,258881,258896,258898,258899,258905,258909,258913,258914,258915,258916,258917,258918,258921,258923,258934,258935,258937,258938,258947,258959,258961,258962,258969,258970,258975,258977,258983,258988,259000,259003,25900430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC12589782812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44258869,258992,258998,25900414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212589545674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24258913,258954,258986,2590095800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125886917380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812589781512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1258913485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393524258862,258869,258876,258887,258898,258907,258910,258914,258924,258926,258928,258942,258949,258952,258953,258954,258957,258967,258979,258986,258988,258993,259001,25900939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812589079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO237258858,258862,258869,258872,258874,258876,258893,258896,258898,258900,258901,258904,258910,258913,258921,258923,258924,258926,258932,258938,258947,258949,258952,258953,258954,258957,258967,258978,258985,258986,258987,258988,258993,259001,259004,259008,25900961156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)7258900,258901,258904,258946,258978,258985,259008969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4258906,258988,258991,2590094894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12588696417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12589885186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS125892421482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41258953337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212588833337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1258954510
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22258890,2589662562
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1258927890
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2258869,2589781025


6 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
podchrome-00419163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr148336Crouch, Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USACrouch ProspectMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00421163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr148981Glory Hole Occurrence, Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USAGlory Hole OccurrenceMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00420163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150712Onion Springs No. 1, Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USAOnion Springs No. 1Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00423163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150948Pleasant No. 1 & 2, Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USAPleasantMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00422163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr151152Rainbow Chrome Occurrence, Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USARainbow ChromeMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
NAVDAT-29378393537±2   29378    151544Shull Occurrence, Gold Hill District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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