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:
Evans Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 66380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Evans Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Argonaut Mine
Bonita Mine (Salt Creek)
Carbonate Mine
Cartinell Mine
Chisholm Claims (Shamrock Mine; Mrs. Dewey; Little Jean)
Chisholm Copper Mine
Chrome King Prospect (Black Boy; Black Boy No. 2)
Dave Force Mine (Quicksilver Producers)
Gold Chloride Prospect
Hidden Treasure Mine (Homestake Mine; Enterprize; Interprise Mine)
Irwin Molybdenum Prospect
Johnson Placer
Lee Manganese (Neathamer Manganese; Erickson; Capital Hill Prospect)
Lenhert Placer
Lone Star Placer
Long Branch Property (Sager And Hull Property)
Mammoth Lode (Monmouth Lode)
Maple Gulch Property
Mountain King Mine
Mountain View Mine (Grey Eagle; Copper King)
No Name Manganese Prospect
Number 73 Cinnabar Group
Pacific Syndicate Mine (Webb-Tainor Mine; Lucky Strike Mine; C-M Company Mine)
Perkeypile Mine (Greenhorn)
Pleasant Creek
Pleasant Creek Mining Corporation Placer
Porcupine Mine
Redfern Mine
Roxana Group (Hill Top Mercury)
Sparks Mine (Evans Creek Pegmatite)
Sunset Mine
Sykes Creek Mining Company Placer
Unnamed Gold Prospect
War Eagle Mine
Ward Creek
Ward Creek Manganese
Ward Creek Placer Mines (Magerle; Duncan; Duncan-Williams; Old; Leach & Burke; Baerlocker)
Williams Placer

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	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: Al Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite

22 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	258773,258780	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	258771,258775,258777,258788	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	258780	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	258773,258775,258779,258780,258786,258789	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	163	163	1	258776	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			8	258771,258774,258777,258785,258788,258791,258800,258805	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	258779	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			16	258770,258772,258778,258781,258784,258786,258789,258793,258795,258796,258797,258798,258803,258807,258809,258810	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	258774,258800	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	258775	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	258773	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	258788,258800,258805	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			2	258774,258788	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			1	258774	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	258780	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	258774	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			7	258770,258771,258779,258780,258785,258788,258805	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	258775	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			8	258775,258777,258778,258779,258782,258785,258801,258805	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	258782,258790,258808	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	258779	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	258780	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-00424	163	163	Middle Jurassic (164-162 Ma)										Cr	63051	Chrome King Prospect (Black Boy; Black Boy No. 2), Evans Creek District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA	Chrome King Prospect	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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