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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

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 O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)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)167145117881227770
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS167145117881224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16714518178809,178812,178814,178817,178819,178820,178822,178824,178825,178826,178828,178829,178831,178832,178833,178836,178837,17884030554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2167145117881239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21671455178812,178820,178822,178826,17883361156



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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