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Locality Name:
Upper Applegate District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Applegate District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA": 100
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 98

Number of Child Localities: 97
Child Localities:
Ace Of Hearts
Alders Placer Claim
Alice Occurrence
Anderson Magnetite Deposit
Antimony Lode Occurrence
Antimony Prospect
Applegate Dam
Bishop & Sturtevant Dredge (Poorman Creek)
Blow Snake
Blue Bell
Blue Jay Prospect
Bonnie Asbestos Occurrence
Broken Heart
Bull Run Occurrence
Carberry Creek Group
Charlotte Occurrence
Collins Occurrence
Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10036429)
Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10183108)
Copus Occurrence
Cutter Claim
Ellinger Asbestos
Fakir
Forest Creek Placers
Forset Creek (Unnamed Deposit)
Free Gold Occurrence
Frog Claim
Glen Ditch Placer
Gold Coin Prospect (Grace Diggings)
Gold Dust Placer (L.E.& B.C. Hibbard)
Gold Mine (MRDS - 10053284)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042864)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042866)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042868)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10042872)
Golden Plume Occurrence
Golden Sunset
Golden Thistle
Grange Gulch
Hematite (Haskins And Traverso; Hall Claims)
Hollow Tree
Iron Crown
Iron Hat Occurrence
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10036495)
Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10298684)
Jackson Mining Company (Jackson Minco)
Jacksonville Mining & Milling
Juneburg Prospect
Last Chance Mine
Last Resort (Shander Mine)
Little Applegate Placers (Merrick; Klein Hammer; Kleinhammer Placer)
Llano De Oro Occurrence (Big Four; Carberry)
Lookover Occurrence
Lost
Lowry Antimony Mine (Applegate; Stibnite No. 1 & 2; Antimony)
Lucky Girl Occurrence
Lucky Gulch Occurrence (Buckhorn Springs)
Max Claim (RJB)
McGrew Prospect (Liberator Claim)
Mercury Occurrence (Williams Mercury Claim)
Mocking Bird Mine (Mocking Bird Chrome Mine)
Mountain Queen Occurrence
Murphy Prospect (Noe; Rattlesnake Group; B & W Mining Company; Laurel Or Rainbow)
Overholt Rock Pile
Palmer Creek (Doodlebug; Davison; Hyde; Gold Pan)
Palmer Creek Placers (Rosa Placer Mine)
Palmer Creek Placers (Storm Bird Placer Mine)
Red Bell
Red Circle
Scott Mine
Siskiyou Gap Prospect
Snavely Rock Pit
Star Mine
Steamboat Cinnabar Occurrence (Curl)
Steamboat Mine (Fowler Claim; Rich Mortar Claim; Blue Jay Claim; Gold Chief Schwartzfarder)
Steatite Of Southern Oregon
Stewart Mining Claim
Summit Lake
Sundown Prospect
Sunrise Prospect (MRDS - 10042860)
The B-H Company Placer
Thompson Creek Placers (Mee-Hayfork Dredge)
U.S. Government Land (MRDS - 10298635)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10036972)
Unnamed Gold Mine (MRDS - 10274000)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10176846)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10201527)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10225677)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10249896)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10298685)
Upper Applegate Placers (Hamilton Ranch; Applegate Dam; Rippey Ranch; Souther Oregon Mining; Kleinhammer Ranch; Dffenbacher Ranch; Mc Kee; Crescent-Pacific; Alders; Bratner; Greenleaf Ranch)
Victor Prospect
Wells Nickel Prospect (Wells Prospect)
Westside Carberry Creek Occurrence
White Oak Prospect
Wounded Buck
Yellowjacket Occurrence

Latitude: 42°13'20"N
Longitude: 123°3'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.222222222222,-123.06333333333

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: Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSpinelStibniteTalc

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3259288,259290,25929527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24259241,259265,259283,25932227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42259244,2593183902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41259245951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4259288,259290,259296,2592992600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2259239,25932224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13259247,259255,259257,259258,259259,259260,259274,259276,259277,259290,259291,259292,25929530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3125926514640
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21259234230
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4125926914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22259265,25926812537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2259288,259299397
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28259227,259239,259265,259269,259283,259288,259296,25932239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29259228,259241,259265,259268,259269,259283,259288,259295,25932261156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1259269969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12592884894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34259227,259228,259234,2592803418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212593033337



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