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:
Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 181.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 162.1

mindat Locality ID: 213453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 57

Number of Child Localities: 54
Child Localities:
Babyfoot Mercury Occurrence
Babyfoot Mine
Bailey Cabin Prospect (Kerby No. 10; Bailey Cabin Project; Upper Copper Creek; Kalmiopsis Wilderness)
Bailey Chromite Prospect (Baily Chromite Prospect)
Baldface Placers (Baldeagle; Mark Woods)
Bert Squire Prospect
Blue Ribbon No. 1 Occurrence
Blue Ribbon No. 3 Occurrence
Buck Chromite Prospect
Burned Cabin Claim
Carter Creek Divide Claim
Cedar Springs Laterite Prospect
Chetco Copper Company Occurrence
Chetco Lake Occurrence
Chetco Lake Rhodonite Occurrence
Chrome Occurrence (MRDS - 10092522)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10095297)
Chrome Prospect No. 73
Chromite Float Occurrence (MRDS - 10032107)
Chromite Float Occurrence (MRDS - 10043068)
Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10043252)
Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10052673)
Cleopatra-Taylor Creek Occurrence (Cleopatra Laterite)
Cobalt Prospect (MRDS - 10043259)
Cottonwood Camp Laterite Occurrence
Doe Gap Occurrence
Francine Claim (Little Chetco River Group)
Hamaker Groups
Hamaker Prospect (MRDS - 10032108)
Hawks Rest View Occurrence (Unnamed No. 11 On Kerby)
Hilltop Mine Group (Hamaker)
Hilltop Prospect (Part Of The Hilltop Mine Group)
Independence No. 1 And 2 (Independence Hardrock No. 1)
Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10043251)
Kalmiopsis Wilderness
Little Boy No. 1 (Canyon Peak Group; Ditch Creek)
Little Boy No. 4 Occurrence (Ditch Creek Group)
Little Boy No. 5 Occurrence (Carter Creek Divide)
Little Chetco River Chromite Deposits (Blueribbon Nos. 1 2 & 3)
Lucky Day Prospect
Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10036320)
Morning Sun Prospect
Morrison Gulch Occurrence
Nancy Hank Claim
Oriental No. 1 Occurrence
Prospect South Of Vulcan Peak
Square Lake Laterites Occurrence (Tina H; Tiny H) Kalmiopsis Wilderness
Square Lake Prospect (Square Lake Project)
Squire Occurrence
Stone Foot Claim
Sugarloaf Prospect (Copper Canyon)
Webfoot Group
Yellow Jacket Claim
Young Mine

Latitude: 42°11'9"N
Longitude: 123°51'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.185833333333,-123.86555555556

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	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Spinel	Talc	Vivianite

Anthophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Erythrite ()*
Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	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: As Au C Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Malachite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rhodonite Spinel Talc Vivianite

14 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
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	256932	718
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	256910,256923,256933	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	181.6	162.1	26	256888,256890,256893,256894,256895,256896,256897,256900,256902,256903,256904,256906,256907,256913,256915,256916,256922,256926,256927,256928,256930,256932,256934,256936,256938,256941	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	256887	2600
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	256910	814
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	256889,256891,256917,256923	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	256910,256920,256931	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	256910,256933	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	256917,256918,256923,256933	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	256910,256933	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	256917,256918	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	256901	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	256901,256918	969
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	256906,256932	3337

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00381	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)		Cr	147419	Babyfoot Mine, Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Babyfoot	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00383	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)		Cr	147850	Burned Cabin Claim, Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Burned Cabin Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00382	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)		Cr	147942	Carter Creek Divide Claim, Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Carter Creek Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00385	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)		Cr	149430	Hawks Rest View Occurrence (Unnamed No. 11 On Kerby), Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Hawks Rest View	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00384	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)		Cr	149976	Little Boy No. 1 (Canyon Peak Group; Ditch Creek), Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Little Boy Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
NAVDAT-51561	181.6	162.1	171.3+10.3/-9.2	51561		150125	Lucky Day Prospect, Babyfoot - Little Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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