Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Mono School, Humbug District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 231818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mono School, Humbug District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Adelaide Mine
Bannister Placer (Banniater Placer)
Black Hawk Mine
Blue Bell Placer Mine
Bridge Placer Mine
Cooley Mine
Falcon Mine
Galena Mine
Gold Crown Mine
Gold Leaf Placer (Joe King Mine)
Humbug Creek Prospect (Humbug Fluming Company)
Humming Bug Mine Inc.
Inyo Mine
Lima Mine
Lime Gulch Placer Mine
Lowell Hall Claims
Luna Mine
McCook Placer
Middle Fork Mines (Gold Crown Mine; Crouch; Derby Claim; Log Cabin Claim; Jacque Girl Claim)
Mono Mine
Nugget Patch Placer Mine
Oro Grande Mine
Punch Creek Mine
Snow Drift Placer Mine
Sunshine Mine (1)
Unnamed Au Placer (97)
Unnamed Au-Ag Occurrence (3)
White Mine
White Placer

Latitude: 41°46'25"N
Longitude: 122°42'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.773611111111,-122.715

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 O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperNoneQuartz

2 IMA Minerals at location:
Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Gold  (*)CopperAu16714521179137,179138,179139,179140,179144,179145,179146,179147,179148,179149,179150,179152,179153,179154,179156,179157,179158,179159,179160,179161,17916430554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21671457179138,179144,179147,179148,179149,179152,17915761156



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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