Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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.

Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Spinel	Talc

Andradite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Laurite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Talc ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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: Au Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb Pt Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Garnet Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Spinel Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	203	203	1	260271	1534
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	203	203	1	260271	166
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	260232	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	260168,260229	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	240	163	47	260155,260156,260161,260163,260164,260165,260166,260170,260173,260175,260176,260179,260180,260181,260182,260184,260189,260190,260191,260193,260194,260196,260205,260208,260209,260210,260215,260218,260219,260221,260223,260224,260228,260231,260236,260238,260241,260243,260250,260260,260268,260269,260270,260271,260272,260295,260296	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	260232	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	260229	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			15	260154,260162,260167,260172,260178,260183,260199,260200,260201,260202,260221,260245,260247,260252,260265	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	260206,260211	14640
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	203	203	1	260271	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	260211,260216,260231,260232	14899
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	260252	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	260158,260229	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	260168	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	260167,260172,260185,260229,260247	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	260213	969
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	260223	3337
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃			1	260224	212

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00449	203	203	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	147631	Black Streak Chrome, Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Black Streak	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00437	240	240	Late Triassic or older	Cr	148461	Cynthia (Hittson; Grants Pass No. 131), Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Cynthia	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00447	203	203	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	148601	Dottie May Occurrence, Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Dottie May Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00445	163	163	Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)	Cr	149385	Happy Camp (Beasley; Beasley Chrome), Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Happy Camp	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00450	203	203	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	149745	Josephine No. 4 Claim, Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Josephine No. 4 Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00444	203	203	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	150152	Lucky Strike, Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Lucky Strike	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00442	203	203	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	151900	Tennessee Chromite Occurrence, Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Tennessee Chromite	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00443	203	203	Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	151901	Tennessee Pass Chromite Mine (K No. 130), Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Tennessee Pass	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00451	163	163	Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)	Cr	153390	Wild Cat Claim, Waldo District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Wildcat Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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