Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Schneider Hill, 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: 231865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schneider Hill, Callahan District (Scott River District), Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
August Flower Occurrence
Barandun Mine (Barundum)
Chapman Mine
Chapmans China Claim
Copper King Mine (Copper King Claim)
Corey Mine
Cory Brothers Mine (Virginia Consolidated Mine; Cory Prospect)
Donovan Mine
Driggs Group
East Fork Ledge Occurrence
Grouse Creek Mine
Hayes Gulch Gold Mine
Hayslip Gulch Mine
Hummer Mine
Huntington Mine
Huntley Claim
Kangaroo Mine
Low Grade Chromite Group
Lytle Occurrence
Masterson Ranch Occurrence
Monarch Prospect
Plutus Group (Fortuna)
Polar Bear Mine (Chalcopyrite Mine)
Porphyry Dike Mine
Rader Group
Ronning Mine
Schnider Claim
Silver Mountain Mine
Solomon Occurrence
Turner Occurrence
Two And A Half Mine (Walker Placer)
Unnamed Ag Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (156)
Unnamed Stone Deposit (16)
Unnamed Stone Deposit (19)
Welker Placer Mine

Latitude: 41°19'30"N
Longitude: 122°43'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.325,-122.72333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au Cr Cu Fe O S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Gold ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	167	145	2	178514,178532	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	167	145	6	178510,178514,178525,178528,178532,178539	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	167	145	3	178520,178527,178529	3902
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	167	145	10	178511,178512,178515,178516,178521,178526,178533,178535,178540,178545	30554
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	167	145	1	178533	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	167	145	2	178514,178532	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	167	145	7	178510,178514,178523,178525,178528,178531,178534	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	167	145	8	178511,178512,178514,178515,178516,178521,178526,178535	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	167	145	1	178532	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Kristen002448	Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002448	167	145	Middle to Early Jurassic							Yes				4064	Josephine Creek Placers, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Nevadan Orogeny, Josephine Creek placers	Lanphere et al. (1968)	10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[1027:IAOTNO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB79_1027

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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