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Locality Name:
Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 203
Youngest recorded age at locality: 163

mindat Locality ID: 207609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 51
Child Localities:
Big Buck Claim
Black Rose Occurrence
Carter Creek Prospect
Chrome King No. 1 (Chrome King Mine; Daley Creek Chrome)
Chrome Prospect (Kerby No. 44)
Chrome Prospect (Kerby No. 45)
Chrome Prospect (Kerby No. 92)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10033216)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10033217)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053389)
Chromite Rancherie Creek Occurrence
Clearwater Chrome Occurrence
Cleopatra Claim (Part Of Calumet Group)
Cox Thompson Mine (May Be Part Of Chrome King)
Gold Blanket Placer
Gold Butte Prospect
Good Friday (Kerby No. 36)
Gray Buck Group Group
Hansen
High Ridge Claim
High View Prospect
Jack Shade Chromite (Black Prince; Hot Dog; Grants Pass Chrome Company)
Knappe Gulch Chrome Prospect
Knappe Point Occurrence
Leaning Pine Prospect
Low Ridge Claim (Sally Ann Claim)
Lucky Hunch Claim
Lucky Pat Claim
Lucky Strike - Castle Springs
Midnight Claim (Black Beauty; Myrtle Creek)
Millers Dream Prospect
Mockingbird Mine
Mohawk Claim (Part Of Calumet Group)
Mule Shoe Claim (Myrtle Creek)
New Deal Claim
Nichols Place Occurrence
Nichols Prospect (Red Hill)
Old Casey
Panther Creek Mining Company
Placer Mines Company
Red Dog Placers (Red Dog Gold Placers)
Riverside Claim
Robbin Prospect (Jim Bus; Illinois Chrome Mine; Midnight; Lucky Star; McClung - Krueger)
Rose Claim (Nichols Chrome No. 2)
Saturday Anne (Black Rock)
Sixmile Copper Occurrence
Squaw Creek Chrome (Lone Pine Claim)
Store Gulch Claim
Unnamed Chromite Placer (MRDS - 10176634)
Upper Hammon Occurrence (Upper Hammer Mine)
White Water Lode Claim

Latitude: 42°19'29"N
Longitude: 123°46'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.324722222222,-123.775
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: C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayGarnetNonePyriteQuartzSpinel
Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)216316312594843419
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12594783250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1631632259480,25948827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125950427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O420316338259459,259461,259462,259463,259464,259465,259466,259467,259469,259470,259472,259474,259475,259476,259477,259478,259479,259480,259484,259485,259486,259487,259488,259489,259490,259491,259492,259493,259494,259495,259496,259501,259502,259503,259505,259506,259508,2595093902
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125947814899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125950439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2125950461156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)220316314259461,259477,259478,259479,259480,259484,259485,259487,259488,259489,259490,259496,259501,2595023337
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)32259496,259502212


20 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-00376163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr148037Chrome King No. 1 (Chrome King Mine; Daley Creek Chrome), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAChrome KingMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00352203203Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)       Cr148160Cleopatra Claim (Part Of Calumet Group), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USACleopatra ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00361163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr149248Good Friday (Kerby No. 36), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAGood FridayMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00367163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr149288Gray Buck Group Group, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAGray Buck No. 2Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00368163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr149288Gray Buck Group Group, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAGray Buck No. 1Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00369163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr149288Gray Buck Group Group, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAGray Buck No. 4Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00378163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr149471High View Prospect, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAHigh ViewMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00348163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr149654Jack Shade Chromite (Black Prince; Hot Dog; Grants Pass Chrome Company), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAShadeMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00370163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150093Low Ridge Claim (Sally Ann Claim), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USASally Ann ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00379203203Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)       Cr150131Lucky Hunch Claim, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USALucky Hunch ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00373163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150144Lucky Strike - Castle Springs, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USALucky Strike-Castle SpringsMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00365163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150342Midnight Claim (Black Beauty; Myrtle Creek), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAMidnight ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00358163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150365Millers Dream Prospect, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAMillers Dream ProspectMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00360163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150394Mockingbird Mine, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAMockingbirdMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00351203203Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)       Cr150397Mohawk Claim (Part Of Calumet Group), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAMohawk ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00363163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr151308Robbin Prospect (Jim Bus; Illinois Chrome Mine; Midnight; Lucky Star; McClung - Krueger), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAJim BusMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00364163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr151308Robbin Prospect (Jim Bus; Illinois Chrome Mine; Midnight; Lucky Star; McClung - Krueger), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USALucky StarMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00371163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr151433Saturday Anne (Black Rock), Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USASaturday AnneMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00380203203Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (>173 and >175 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranite)       Cr153378White Water Lode Claim, Central Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAWhite Water Lode ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00372163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)     Yes Cr148564Dirty Face (Bucheit Handwork & Meyers; Burro; Peach; Happy Jack; Hansen), Illinois River District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USAHansenMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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