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Locality Name:
Cinnabar Camp, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 231885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cinnabar Camp, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Babcock Property (Santa Ana)
Big He Mine
Empire Mine (Cinnabar Mine [?])
Great Northern Mine (J. N. P. Mining Company; Herzog-Morgan Claims; Minnehaha Mine; Mercury Mine; Morgan Brothers Mine; Empire Mine; Empire Canyon)
Hastings Mine
Lumgrey Mine (Gold Bog Mine)
Lyons Cabin Placer Mine
Pilot Knob Mine
Saxild Mine
Sulphur Springs Placer Mine
Unnamed Au Mine (147)
Unnamed Au Mine (62)
Unnamed Au Mine (75)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (155)
Unnamed Gemstone Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Stone Occurrence (8)
Wild Cat Placer Mine

Latitude: 41°54'23"N
Longitude: 122°42'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.906388888889,-122.71111111111

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 C Ca Fe Hg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCopperNonePyriteQuartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Gold  (*)Mercury  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)167145117867527770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS16714511786752600
Gold  (*)CopperAu1671458178674,178677,178678,178681,178682,178683,178684,17868830554
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1671451178675397
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2167145117867539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21671456178674,178677,178682,178683,178684,17868661156



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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