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Locality Name:
Bally Mountain, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 465
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 232089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bally Mountain, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Big Buckhorn Occurrence (White; Eickhorst)
Burton Ranch (Rocky Gulch; Costello Mine)
Costello Occurrence (Moffett Creek Southern Deposits)
Cramer Occurrence
F. W. Cramer
Moffett Creek Northern Claims (White; Allison)
Peg Leg Mine (Lambert Claim; White And Brown Mine; Moffett Creek Group; Chromite King Mine)
S & W Mine (La Tourell Mine; Lutrell Mine; Moffett Creek Northern Claims; Littrell Mine)
Simas Ranch Occurrence [1]
Simas Ranch Occurrence [2] [Southern]
Stewert & Moore Placer Mine
Unnamed Cr Mine [11]
Unnamed Cr Occurrence [20]
Unnamed Cr Workings [38]
Unnamed Placer Au Occurrences [41]
V. Lindell Mine

Latitude: 41°38'10"N
Longitude: 122°43'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.636111111111,-122.73138888889

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 Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChloriteClayCopperGarnetNoneSpinel

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Gold  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44651457178223,178224,178225,178226,178227,178229,1782333902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)846546511782241756
Gold  (*)CopperAu1671452178228,17823230554
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)34654651178224212



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
podchrome-00279465465Ordovician       Cr94607Peg Leg Mine (Lambert Claim; White And Brown Mine; Moffett Creek Group; Chromite King Mine), Bally Mountain, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USAPeglegMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
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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