Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	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 Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	260308,260309,260312	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	260304,260308	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	260310	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	260308	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	260304,260308	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	260304,260305,260307,260311	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	260304,260305,260308,260309	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	260308	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	260304,260305,260306,260311	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	260306	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	260306	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	260308	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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