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:
Unidentified Au Occurrence (114), Canyon Mountain, Cecilville, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 95346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-95346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unidentified Au Occurrence (114), Canyon Mountain, Cecilville, Klamath Mts, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°10'50"N
Longitude: 123°10'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.180555555556,-123.17111111111

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Kristen002448Nevadan Orogeny includes the Kalamath Mountains


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002448167145Middle to Early Jurassic     Yes  4064Josephine Creek Placers, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USANevadan Orogeny, Josephine Creek placersLanphere et al. (1968)10.1130/0016-7606(1968)79[1027:IAOTNO]2.0.CO;2GSAB79_1027 


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