Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Lower Applegate District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 240
Youngest recorded age at locality: 240

mindat Locality ID: 207616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Applegate District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Babcock Occurrence (Grants Pass No. 74)
Brown Owl Mine
Chrome Prospect (Grants Pass No. 72)
Chrome Prospect (Grants Pass No. 85)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053395)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053402)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053403)
Dark Canyon (Yellow Jacket; Red Rose; Wild Rose; Wildcat)
Deer Creek Prospect (Deer Park; Grants Pass No. 72)
Dutch Ledge (Mountain King; North Horn)
Gold Prospect (Grants Pass No. 65)
Gold Prospect (Grants Pass No. 69)
Gray Rock Extension Occurrence
Hughes Chrome Mine No. 2
Iron Hat Group
L. E. J. Asbestos Mine
Muck Limestone
Paradise No. 2 Occurrence (G.P. No. 75; Deer Creek Chrome No.1)
Powell Creek
Pugh Soapstone
Quartette
Red Devil Occurrence
Rose Quartz
Silver Tip (Mungers Creek Chromite)
Snow Bird (Tip Top; American Beauty)
Stevens -Miller
Sunny Mayday Occurrence (Copper Eagle)
Unnamed Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10152614)
Unnamed Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10177370)
Unnamed Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10201405)
Unnamed Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10249456)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10153008)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10274631)
Wild Deer Prospect (Carpathia)

Latitude: 42°16'9"N
Longitude: 123°21'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.269166666667,-123.36055555556

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel
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: Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel
Talc

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	259957,259974	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	259962,259974	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	240	240	7	259950,259952,259953,259958,259967,259973,259975	3902
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	259974	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	259951,259971,259974	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	259957,259962,259964,259974	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	259957,259962,259974	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	259969	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	259965	2562

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-00436	240	240	Late Triassic or older										Cr	151568	Silver Tip (Mungers Creek Chromite), Lower Applegate District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Silver Tip	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00435	240	240	Late Triassic or older										Cr	151754	Stevens -Miller, Lower Applegate District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Stevens-Miller	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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