Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Hamburg, Klamath River District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 215659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215659.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamburg, Klamath River District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Andrews And Kettlewood Placer
Andrews And Miner No. 2
Chenoweth Brothers Placer
Deep Channel Placer (Taylor And Maplesden)
Dick Morris Placer (Joe Ramus Placer)
Everill Placer (2)
Fairview Mine (Fairview Chrome Mine; Hamburg Bar)
Fraction Placer Mine
Hamburg Mine
Hammer Placer
Happy Home Placer Mine
Harrigan Mine (Hourigan Mine)
Hoosier Hill Placer
Jahde Placer Mine
Maplesden Hydraulic Mine
McGrey And Maplesden Placer
Northern California Dredge Company
Offield Mine
Ramons Placer Mine
Riverview Mine
Willard & Hickman Placer Mine

Latitude: 41°47'22"N
Longitude: 123°4'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.789444444444,-123.06805555556

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 Cr Mg O 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperNoneSpinel

2 IMA Minerals at location:
Gold  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Gold  (*)CopperAu16714516179262,179263,179264,179265,179266,179267,179269,179271,179272,179274,179275,179276,179277,179278,179280,17928230554
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O42002001179268311



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Kristen002448Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains


2 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-00283200200Triassic-Jurassic (225-180 Ma)       Cr94237Fairview Mine (Fairview Chrome Mine; Hamburg Bar), Hamburg, Klamath River District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USAFairviewMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
Kristen002448167145Middle to Early Jurassic     Yes  4064Josephine Creek Placers, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USANevadan Orogeny, Josephine Creek placersLanphere et al. (1968)10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[1027:IAOTNO]2.0.CO;2GSAB79_1027 


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