Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Grants Pass District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 163
Youngest recorded age at locality: 163

mindat Locality ID: 66180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grants Pass District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Billy Blue Mine
Burns Prospect No. 2 (Ramp No. 141)
Centennial Mine (Columbian Mine)
Chapin Occurrence
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053331)
Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053349)
Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10032191)
Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10043326)
Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10201850)
Dry Diggings Placer (Canyon Dry Diggings)
Gold Chief Mine
Gold Star Mine
Granite Hill Mine (Ida Mine)
Grouse Mountain Mine
Hamlin Occurrence
Hidden Treasure Claims (Ten Spot Claim)
Hill Prospect
Jewett Mine
Juliano Occurrence
Little Pickett Creek Occurrence
Lyons Wood Prospect
May Queen Mine
Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10036453)
Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10036490)
Murray Mine (Britton Manganese)
Postem Prospect
Red Jacket Claim (Oregon Gold Mines)
Sexton Mountain Chromite (Sexton Chromite)
Snook Occurrence
Spector Occurrence
Unnamed Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10225442)
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10201476)
Unnamed Placer (MRDS - 10225889)

Latitude: 42°32'49"N
Longitude: 123°25'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.546944444444,-123.42555555556

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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tetradymite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Melonite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	259714	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	259709	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	259723	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	259709,259713,259714	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	259707,259709,259719,259723,259726	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	163	163	8	259698,259703,259704,259711,259717,259724,259725,259727	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	259723	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	259699,259709	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	259709,259723	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			9	259697,259699,259706,259707,259708,259709,259712,259714,259723	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	259726	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	259723	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	259719	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	259720	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	259707,259709,259713,259714,259718,259723	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	259714,259723	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	259697,259707,259709,259713,259714,259721,259723	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	259721	969
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	259709	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	259714	337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	259714	510

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-00425	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)										Cr	151494	Sexton Mountain Chromite (Sexton Chromite), Grants Pass District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Sexton Mountain	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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