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Locality Name:
Low Divide, Low Divide District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 231103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Low Divide, Low Divide District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alta Mine (Alta California Mine; Alta Copper Claim)
Aurora (Cougar Hill)
Copper Creek Mine
Copper Hill Group
Express Occurrence
Gooch Claim
Occidental Mine (Occidental Group)
One Eyed Jack Nos. 1; 2 And 3 (Zoar)
Smith River Flat
Superior Mine (Mammoth Mine; Atlantic-Pacific Mine)
Theone Occurrence (Hance & Webb)
Union Mine (Salt Lake-California Mine)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (10)
Unnamed Au Placer [3] (Patrick Creek Placer)
Unnamed Mn Occurrence (2)
Zaar Occurrence (Oriental Occurrence)

Latitude: 41°54'35"N
Longitude: 124°1'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.909722222222,-124.02527777778

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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperDiasporeGypsumMalachiteMelanterite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteTetrahedriteTochilinite
ValleriiteVivianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Troilite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2153943,1539543250
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11539431966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2153943,15395427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2153943,1539545707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23153943,153954,15395827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42153948,1539503902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1153943966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8115394382
Copper  (*)CopperCu2153943,1539493846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2153943,1539492970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1153943814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11539437437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2153943,15395830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2153943,1539546890
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41631631153945311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42153943,15395414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115394312537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As81153943161
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2153943,153954915
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82153943,1539541512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115394939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82153943,1539549056
Silver  (*)CopperAg11539495186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115394321482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O2153943,15395479
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2153943,1539491101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311539495317
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]2153943,15395456
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS2153943,1539541044
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2153943,153954237



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
podchrome-00236163163Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)       Cr25886Copper Creek Mine, Low Divide, Low Divide District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USACopper CreekMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070242Union Mine (Salt Lake-California Mine), Low Divide, Low Divide District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070242


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