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.

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 195779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mugginsville, Oro Fino District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Allen Mine
Attlebury Mine
Banner Mine
Big Ben Mine
Callahan And Company Mine
Castleton Claim (Jumbo Bally)
Gibralter Mine
Gold Reef Mine (Bean Mine)
Green Mountain Occurrence
Hulls Gulch Claim
Johnson & China Paul Mine (St. Lawrence Mine)
Johnson And Lewis Mine
Little Queen Mine (Erno Mine)
Marble Mts
Morrison And Carlock Mine (Little Queen Mine)
New Pinery Placer Mine
Pinery Hill Prospect
Pinkham Mine
Quartz Valley Placer Mine
Scioc Mine
Sergeant Mine
Shell Mine
Sniktav Mines (Sniktaw Mines [?])
St. Lawrence Placer Mine
Steel Mine
Stockton Mine
Stone Ledge Mine
Store Mine
Sunshine Mine (2)
Unnamed Au Placer (108)
Volcano Mine
Walton Prospect

Latitude: 41°34'27"N
Longitude: 122°57'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.574166666667,-122.95916666667

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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	0		8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	167	145	0		3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	167	145	0		27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	167	145	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	167	145	15	179672,179675,179677,179681,179682,179683,179686,179687,179689,179690,179691,179695,179696,179701,179702	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	167	145	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	167	145	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	167	145	8	179672,179675,179677,179681,179686,179689,179691,179702	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	167	145	0		6417

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Kristen002448	Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains

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
	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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