Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sourdough - Vulcan Peak, Curry Co., Oregon, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 213470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sourdough - Vulcan Peak, Curry Co., Oregon, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Baldface Ridge Laterites Occurrence (Kalmiopsis Wilderness)
Black Bear Occurrence (Black Bear Prospect Chetco Area; Black Beauty)
Black Cub No. 1 Prospect (Part Of Sourdough Claims)
Black Cub No. 2 Occurrence (Part Of Sourdough Claims)
Chrome Creek Nickel Laterite Area Prospect
Come & Get It Claim
Gardner Mine (Susie Claims; 4th Of July; Swede)
Irene Chromite
Rosie Claim
Sour Dough (Baldface)
Susie Claim
Unnamed Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10048472)
Winton Mountain Occurrence

Latitude: 42°5'15"N
Longitude: 123°57'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.0875,-123.95777777778

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.

Calcite	Clay	None	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: C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay None Spinel Talc

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Talc ()*

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)	163	163	1	257158	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	163	163	10	257154,257155,257157,257158,257159,257160,257161,257162,257163,257164	3902
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	163	163	2	257158,257160	3337

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00401	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)	Cr	148939	Gardner Mine (Susie Claims; 4th Of July; Swede), Sourdough - Vulcan Peak, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Gardner	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00400	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)	Cr	149614	Irene Chromite, Sourdough - Vulcan Peak, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Irene Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00402	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)	Cr	151362	Rosie Claim, Sourdough - Vulcan Peak, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Rosie Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00347	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)	Cr	151651	Sour Dough (Baldface), Sourdough - Vulcan Peak, Curry Co., Oregon, USA	Sourdough	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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