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Locality Name:
Callahan District (Scott River District), Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 217200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Callahan District (Scott River District), Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 144
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 137

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Baldwin Group
Callahan
Camp Eden
Craggy Peak
Schneider Hill
Scott Mountain Area
Smith Hill
Sugar Hill

Latitude: 41°17'45"N
Longitude: 122°47'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.295833333333,-122.78861111111

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperGarnetMalachiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelVivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)216714511785845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)167145117848211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41671452178584,1785955516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1671453178514,178532,1785845707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21671457178510,178514,178525,178528,178532,178539,17859527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O416714511178456,178458,178478,178493,178499,178503,178520,178527,178529,178585,1785983902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)816714511784931756
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1671451178456814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS167145117848224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16714554178457,178458,178459,178460,178461,178462,178466,178467,178469,178471,178473,178474,178475,178477,178485,178494,178495,178496,178497,178502,178508,178511,178512,178515,178516,178521,178526,178533,178535,178540,178545,178547,178549,178551,178552,178554,178559,178561,178563,178564,178566,178567,178570,178571,178576,178580,178582,178583,178586,178591,178592,178593,178596,17859730554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4167145117845814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21671452178584,17859512537
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21671451178533409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21671452178514,17853239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81671459178456,178464,178510,178514,178523,178525,178528,178531,1785349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216714514178457,178460,178495,178511,178512,178514,178515,178516,178521,178526,178535,178566,178567,17857061156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31671451178456531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS167145117853221482
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)31671451178493212
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O167145117845656



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


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
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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