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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:
Windy Peak, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 232049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windy Peak, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bloomfield Mine
Blue Ledge Mine (Blue Ledge Extension Mine)
Cobb's Placer Mine (Cobb's Mine)
First National (Joe Creek)
Jones Occurrence
St. Albans Group

Latitude: 41°58'14"N
Longitude: 123°6'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.970555555556,-123.10916666667

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 Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42526611800605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25266118005727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252662180057,18006027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2526611800573846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25266118005724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu167145118005830554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)225266118005712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22526611800575800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225266118005739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82526611800579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252662180057,18006061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25266118005721482



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Kristen002448Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains


2 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
vms-0102325266Mesozoic        93923Blue Ledge Mine (Blue Ledge Extension Mine), Windy Peak, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USABlue LedgeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
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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