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Locality Name:
Deadman Point, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 231986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deadman Point, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Big Rock Placer
Blue Bar Mine
Classic Hill Placer Mine (Howe And Company Mine)
Clausen Placer
Cole Creek Deposit
David Hughes Placer Mine
Davis Prospect
Filley And Woods Mine
Gilpin Group
Goodman Prospect
Grubstake Placer
Hard Luck Placer
Herbert Cook Mine
Howard Placer
Huey Hill Placer (Huey Mine)
Huey Prospect (Huey Deposit)
Kelley Lake Prospect
King Jade Mine
Roman Mine
Siskiyou County Placer Mine (Old Bumblebee Group)
Unnamed Californite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Cr Mine (16)
Wolliam Might Claims (William Might Claims [?])

Latitude: 41°53'50"N
Longitude: 123°26'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.897222222222,-123.44638888889
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: Al Au Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperNonePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSpinelVesuvianite

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Gold  (*)Jadeite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41671452178794,1788033902
Gold  (*)CopperAu16714511178782,178783,178784,178785,178787,178792,178793,178795,178796,178799,17880130554
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O61671451178786154
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2167145117879961156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1671451178797969
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101671452178799,1788021395


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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