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Locality Name:
Williams Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 66175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Williams Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Blue Jay Claim
Bone Of Contention Mine
Elder Manganese Deposit
Horsehead Placer (Watts Placer No. 82)
Humdinger Mine
Jones Limestone Quarry (Bristol Quarry)
Mungers Creek Chromite
Rising Star Mine
Turvey Limestone Deposit (Calcium Products Company Mine)

Latitude: 42°14'30"N
Longitude: 123°17'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.241666666667,-123.29166666667
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 Cr Cu Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3260308,260309,26031227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22260304,26030827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412603103902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612603084135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2260304,26030824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4260304,260305,260307,26031130554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24260304,260305,260308,26030939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812603089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24260304,260305,260306,26031161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12603061711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1260306969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS126030821482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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