Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Deadwood, Deadwood District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 231909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deadwood, Deadwood District, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Allen Mine (Gemrock Mine; South Fork Clear Creek Mining Company; Barham)
Barham Prospect
C & E Dredging Company Placer Mine
Challenge Mine
Cherry Creek Mine
Cherry Hill Mine
Collier Deposit
Consolidated Sciwash Placer Mine
Crocker Mine
Crystal Creek Mining Company
Deadwood Placer Mine
Drummer Boy Mine (Phillips & Cart Mine)
Fagundez Placer
Golden Wonder Mine
Hi-You Mines (Aurora & Apex Claims; Davis)
Hobart Mine
Hoboken Mine
Jack Pot Placer Mine
Jims Placer Mine (Diggles Patent)
Little Wanderer Mine
Magnitude Mine
McAdam Creek Placer
Mineral Slide Placer
Oak Grove Mine
Oversight Placer Mine
Phillips & Cartwright Mine
Queen Mine
Rusby Mine
Schroeder Mine (Schroeder And Warner Mine)
Siskiyou Dredging Company Placer Mine
Sunrise Placer Mine
Taylor Mine
Unnamed Au Occurrence [158]
Wilson Placer

Latitude: 41°43'5"N
Longitude: 122°47'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.718055555556,-122.79138888889

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.

Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	167	145	1	178812	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	167	145	1	178812	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	167	145	18	178809,178812,178814,178817,178819,178820,178822,178824,178825,178826,178828,178829,178831,178832,178833,178836,178837,178840	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	167	145	1	178812	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	167	145	5	178812,178820,178822,178826,178833	61156

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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