Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ten Eyck Placer Mines Inc., Sugarloaf, Somes Bar, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 95303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-95303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ten Eyck Placer Mines Inc., Sugarloaf, Somes Bar, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°24'11"N
Longitude: 123°30'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.403055555556,-123.50277777778

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.

Copper	None

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 Ir Pt

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ir Pt

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Iridium ()*	Platinum ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	167	145	30554
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	167	145	162
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	167	145	485

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Kristen002448	Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains

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
	Kristen002448	167	145	Middle to Early Jurassic							Yes				4064	Josephine Creek Placers, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Nevadan Orogeny, Josephine Creek placers	Lanphere et al. (1968)	10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[1027:IAOTNO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB79_1027

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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