Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Hoskin, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 232354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoskin, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Copper Creek Claim (Blue Bell Claim)
Couger Mine
Doolittle Mine
French Bar Placer
Keno Placer
Lost Indian No. 1 Prospect
Manganese Nos. 1; 2; 3 & 4 Claims
Mountain View Placer Mine
Unidentified Au Placer (126)
Unnamed Placer Au Occurrences (47)

Latitude: 41°42'5"N
Longitude: 123°20'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.701388888889,-123.34638888889

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 Cu Fe H O S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNonePyriteSphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2167145117908227198
Gold  (*)CopperAu1671455179085,179086,179089,179090,17909130554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2167145117908212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2167145117908239462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS167145117908221482



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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