Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Marble Mountain, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 231840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble Mountain, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dads Pocket Mine
Marble Gap Prospect

Latitude: 41°33'9"N
Longitude: 123°13'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.5525,-123.21944444444

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000129biotite granite
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
Jen_0000129143014301430U-Pb zircon   Zircon  231840Marble Mountain, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USABiotite Granite, Marble Mountains, CaliforniaAnderson (1983)10.1130/MEM161-p133GSAM161_133anorogenic
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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