Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oro Fino District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 465
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 195774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oro Fino District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 120
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 112

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Deacon Lee Place
Etna
Fort Jones
Greenview
Gus Mine
Johnson Mine
McGuiness Mine
Mugginsville
Oro Fino
Star Mine

Latitude: 41°32'33"N
Longitude: 122°54'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.5425,-122.9075

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc

15 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	167	145	1	179670	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	167	145	1	179670	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	167	145	1	179670	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	167	145	1	179651	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	465	145	4	179628,179629,179633,179641	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	167	145	1	179670	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	167	145	46	179635,179637,179646,179650,179653,179664,179672,179675,179677,179681,179682,179683,179686,179687,179689,179690,179691,179695,179696,179701,179702,179705,179706,179707,179709,179710,179711,179712,179713,179716,179718,179719,179720,179721,179722,179725,179727,179730,179731,179732,179733,179735,179736,179737,179740,179741	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	167	145	1	179668	2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	167	145	1	179670	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	167	145	2	179651,179670	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	167	145	1	179643	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	167	145	25	179670,179672,179675,179677,179681,179686,179689,179691,179702,179705,179706,179707,179709,179711,179712,179716,179718,179719,179721,179722,179725,179727,179731,179733,179737	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	167	145	2	179660,179729	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	167	145	1	179670	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	167	145	1	179630	3337

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Kristen002448	Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains

2 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
	podchrome-00280	465	465	Ordovician										Cr	95169	Serpa Ranch, Chaparral Hill, Fort Jones, Oro Fino District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA	Serpa Ranch	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	Kristen002448	167	145	Middle to Early Jurassic							Yes				4064	Josephine Creek Placers, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Nevadan Orogeny, Josephine Creek placers	Lanphere et al. (1968)	10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[1027:IAOTNO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB79_1027

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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