Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 280
Youngest recorded age at locality: 280

mindat Locality ID: 50159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA": 88
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 88

Number of Child Localities: 88
Child Localities:
Allen Property
Anderson Occurrence (Anderson Accident Prospect)
Bald Eagle (Oscar Pepper)
Beggs Manganese Occurrence
Benson Occurrence
Berry Chromite Deposit
Berry Prospect
Black Velvet Occurrence
Blue Grouse Prospect
Boulder Chrome Prospect
BTR 1 To 6 Occurrence (Marysville Placer)
Campbird Occurrence
Canyon City Placers (John Long Placer; Tracy Placer; Allen Property; Includes Humboldt Diggings)
Canyon Creek Cinnabar
Canyon Creek Placer
Canyon Mountain Mine (Idaho; Golden West; Canyon Mountain Mining Company; Mountain View Mine)
Carrie Nation (Carrie Nation Extension)
Celebration Mine
Centipede 2 Occurrence
Centipede Occurrence
Cinnabar Mountain Occurrence (Macheney And Johnson Property; Viewpoint)
Dead Horse Creek Occurrence
Deep Six Occurrence
Dry Camp
Dunn Prospect
Evance Group (Climax; Rosie D.; Rosie E.; Bessie D.; Bessie L.; Snowbird)
Gardner Ranch Prospect (Zero; Carlsen; Al Dunn)
Golden West (Mountain Promise; Canyon Mountain Prospects)
Goldpecker Placer
Gotcha
Gray Occurrence (Clark)
Great Northern Mine (Great Northwestern Mine)
Greatest Occurrence (Golden Gleam; High Bar; Lucky Seven; Lots A Gold; Red Ledge 2; Red Ledge 1; Golden Red; Jake Blank; Rich Bar; Better; Best; Goodenough; Golden Boy)
Haggard And New Mines
Haight Claim (Quartz Gulch Mining Company)
Haight Occurrence (Patterson & Allen; Chandler And Haight)
Hardrock 1 (And Ormc 31009-31010 Last Chance 1 And 2)
Hill Prospect (Mill)
Hilltop Seclusion Occurrence (Hilltop Seclusion 2)
Iron King Mine (Billie Girl)
Johnny Park Occurrence (Ormc 91026 H & K)
Kingsley Mine (Wm.W. Gardner Claim)
Koffee Kup 1 (Three Walls)
Last Chance And Spider Group (Mot Claim; Illustrator)
Lyon Occurrence (Skookum)
Martin Clark Property (Morning Glory)
Marysville Mining Company
Marysville Placers (Becktell And Hall Placers; Marsville Mining Company; John Day Placers; Quartz Gulch Placers)
Mini
Nick 1-6 (Blue Mountain 1-6; Tyler 7-10)
Norton Fork Copper Deposits
Norway Mine (Potato Patch Mine; Smith Mine; Geitsfield Mine)
Oral Grand Occurrence (Oro Grant; Oro Grand; Oral Grand 2)
Paradize 1 Occurrence
Patterson And George Occurrence (Anaconda; Last Chance)
PC 9 (Pine Creek Deposits; Louie Prospect; Accident; Miller Ranch On Quad Sheet)
Pittsburg 1-2 (Fraction; Miller Mountain Mine On Quad Sheet; Guernsey; Last Chance 1-3)
Porky Pine Occurrence
Powers Mine
Prairie Diggings
Present Need (Present Need/Chrome Queen Claim)
Quartz Gulch Mining Company Placer
Rainbow (4 Lode Claim)
Ray Prospects
Reed & Campbell Mines
Richard D. Jones Prospect
Roadside Krome Claim
Sheep Rock Deposits (Big Bertha No. 1; Morgan; Campbell; Lost Creek; Hanenkrat; Liberty Chrome; Lost Buck)
Solid Foundation (Firm Foundation 1-4)
Solid Rock 1-4 Occurrence
Spare Time Claims
St. Marie Placers (Mitzi Twist)
Tin Cup 1-5
Tomkat 1
Tuf 1 Prospect
Unnamed Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10048650)
Unnamed Clay Pit (MRDS - 10152861)
Unnamed Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10128869)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10152291)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10176785)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10225394)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10249926)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10274549)
Vandervlugt Deposit
Ward Mine (B & J; Olson)
Wild Cat Basin Occurrence (Mill)
Yellow Bird 1-2
Zero Occurrence

Latitude: 44°22'12"N
Longitude: 118°56'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.37,-118.93888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine
Spinel

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 Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Serpentine
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	280	280	2	257795,257807	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	280	280	4	257776,257787,257795,257812	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	280	280	19	257757,257758,257760,257763,257764,257773,257779,257782,257789,257795,257797,257799,257807,257810,257811,257814,257823,257831,257840	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	280	280	2	257826,257840	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	257769,257776	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	280	280	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	257791	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	257812	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	257787,257812	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	257781,257787,257812,257824	61156

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00457	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	147971	Celebration Mine, Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Celebration	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00454	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	148625	Dry Camp, Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Dry Camp (Upper Deposit)	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00471	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	148940	Gardner Ranch Prospect (Zero; Carlsen; Al Dunn), Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Dune Carlson	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00461	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	149357	Haggard And New Mines, Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Haggard and New	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00453	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	149625	Iron King Mine (Billie Girl), Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Iron King	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00460	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	149822	Kingsley Mine (Wm.W. Gardner Claim), Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Kingsley	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00464	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	150640	Norway Mine (Potato Patch Mine; Smith Mine; Geitsfield Mine), Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Smith & Geitsfield	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00465	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	150640	Norway Mine (Potato Patch Mine; Smith Mine; Geitsfield Mine), Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Norway	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00462	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	150977	Powers Mine, Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Powers	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00459	280	280	Early Permian (268-278 Ma U-Pb zircon in plagiogranites)	Cr	153298	Ward Mine (B & J; Olson), Canyon Creek District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA	Ward	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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