Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 213456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USA": 74
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Baldface Ridge Occurrence
Diamond Flat Occurrence (Diamond Flat Chrome Last Smoke)
Diamond Nickel Occurrence
Frazier Property (Perseverance; Lucky Girl; Big Joe; Patience)
Golden Dream (Higgins; Empire)
Hustis Mine (Hustis & Anderson)
Lost Lee Claim
Smith River Nickel Deposit (Smith River Laterite; Cedar Creek)
Sourdough Flat Nickel Deposit (Sourdough Flat Laterite)
Spokane Creek Laterite Occurrence (McKee Group)
Taylor Ridge Prospect

Latitude: 42°7'11"N
Longitude: 123°52'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.119722222222,-123.87527777778

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayMalachiteNonePyriteSpinelTalc

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41631632256975,2569793902
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125697412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2125697239462
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212569723337



1 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-00411163163Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)       Cr150083Lost Lee Claim, Chetco, Curry Co., Oregon, USALost Lee ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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