Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Canyon City District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 280
Youngest recorded age at locality: 280

mindat Locality ID: 213474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canyon City District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Berry Creek Prospect
Big Boy Occurrence
Black Rock Occurrence
Black Wonder Occurrence
Blue Chrome Mine
Blue Rock Occurrence
Byram Gulch Magnesite Prospect
Byram Gulch Occurrence
Chambers Mine (George Len)
Climax Occurrence
Copper Queen Occurrence
Doubtful Occurrence
Gold Eagle Occurrence
Golden Glow Occurrence
High Boy Claim
Howard Prospect
Hunters Luck Occurrence
Josephine Occurrence
Liberty Chrome Occurrence (Province Chrome Lode; Campbell; Last Chance)
Little Indian Creek Occurrence
Little Pine Creek Occurrence
Lost Buck Claim
Luck Boy Occurrence (Lone Wolf)
Lucky 3 Occurrence
Lucky Boy Claim (Last Chance)
Marks & Thompson Mine (Hanenkrats; Marks-Thompson; Big Jim)
Mosier Deposit
Nome Occurrence
Oregon Wonder Occurrence (Will Cleaver Group)
Ray Mine (Tip Top Mine; Ray Springs Mine)
Robert L. Group (Brookling Claims; Marie Murry; Robert L.)
Rustless Mining Group (U Of O Claim)
Ruth Occurrence
Sheep Gulch Occurrence
Snow Drift Occurrence
U Of O Prospect
Unnamed PGE - Palladium - Platinum Occurrence (MRDS - 10039224)
Unnamed Platinum Occurrence (MRDS - 10273867)

Latitude: 44°20'29"N
Longitude: 118°49'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.341388888889,-118.83027777778

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.

Allophane	Clay	Copper	Garnet	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Clay Copper Garnet Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	280	280	1	257725	708
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	280	280	11	257716,257718,257719,257725,257730,257732,257735,257744,257746,257751,257752	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	257747	3531
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	257737,257750	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			6	257722,257726,257730,257733,257744,257747	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	257722,257727	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	257722,257727,257733,257747	61156
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	280	280	1	257725	212

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-00456	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	147262	Ajax Mine, Canyon City District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Ajax	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00452	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	147981	Chambers Mine (George Len), Canyon City District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Chambers	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00455	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	150229	Marks & Thompson Mine (Hanenkrats; Marks-Thompson; Big Jim), Canyon City District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Marks & Thompson	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00472	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	151177	Ray Mine (Tip Top Mine; Ray Springs Mine), Canyon City District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Ray Spring	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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