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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Gordon Mountain, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 231100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gordon Mountain, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Camp Eight Mine (Camp 8 Claim; Camp 8 Group; St. Patrick Claim)
Camp Six Lookout
Cooncan Prospect
Goose Egg Mine (Apex Mine; Apex Goose Egg Mine)
Gordon Mountain Ni Occurrence
Grumpy Claim (Grumpy Mine; Grumpy And Stevens Mine [?])
Patterson No. 1 Mine (Johnson Place; J. H. Crothers)
Rowan Mine (Big Dipper Mine; Bowan Mine)
Smith River Placers
Sunset Mine (Darnell Mine)
Thursday Evening Occurrence
Upper Coon Mountain Occurrence

Latitude: 41°47'27"N
Longitude: 123°52'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.790833333333,-123.87222222222

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: Al Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChloriteClayGarnetNoneSpinel

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41631636153898,153900,153901,153904,153905,1539073902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81631632153898,1539031756
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)31631631153898212



4 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-00255163163Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)       Cr74595Camp Eight Mine (Camp 8 Claim; Camp 8 Group; St. Patrick Claim), Gordon Mountain, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USASt. PatrickMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00252163163Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)       Cr74567Goose Egg Mine (Apex Mine; Apex Goose Egg Mine), Gordon Mountain, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USAGoose EggMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00254163163Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)       Cr74716Patterson No. 1 Mine (Johnson Place; J. H. Crothers), Gordon Mountain, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USAPatterson No. 1Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00253163163Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)       Cr74729Rowan Mine (Big Dipper Mine; Bowan Mine), Gordon Mountain, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USABig DipperMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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