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:
Klamath River District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 209510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klamath River District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 163
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 153

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gottsville
Granite Point
Hamburg
Horse Creek
Klamath River
Monument Point
Seiad Valley [town]

Latitude: 41°49'52"N
Longitude: 122°58'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.831111111111,-122.9825

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Spinel

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 Cr Fe H Hg Mg Mn O Pt Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Laurite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Mercury ()*	Platinum ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*

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
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	200	145	8	179234,179242,179244,179255,179315,179328,179386,179387	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	167	145	2	179296,179308	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	167	145	1	179384	1756
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	167	145	87	179231,179232,179235,179237,179238,179239,179240,179245,179246,179247,179252,179257,179258,179259,179262,179263,179264,179265,179266,179267,179269,179271,179272,179274,179275,179276,179277,179278,179280,179282,179286,179287,179290,179292,179293,179296,179297,179299,179300,179302,179303,179304,179311,179312,179313,179314,179316,179317,179319,179320,179321,179325,179330,179331,179332,179333,179336,179338,179340,179341,179342,179343,179344,179346,179347,179348,179349,179350,179351,179352,179357,179359,179362,179364,179365,179369,179370,179372,179376,179377,179378,179379,179381,179383,179388,179390,179392	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	167	145	1	179260	2812
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	200	200	1	179255	226
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	200	145	2	179268,179384	311
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	167	145	1	179230	397
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	167	145	1	179383	485
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	167	145	3	179247,179317,179362	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	167	145	1	179253	969

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Kristen002448	Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
podchrome-00282	200	200	Triassic-Jurassic (225-180 Ma)		Cr	94604	Ladd Mine (Klamath Chrome Mine; Dolbear Mine; Chromite Group), Granite Point, Klamath River District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA	Ladd	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00283	200	200	Triassic-Jurassic (225-180 Ma)		Cr	94237	Fairview Mine (Fairview Chrome Mine; Hamburg Bar), Hamburg, Klamath River District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA	Fairview	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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