Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gasquet, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 216099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gasquet, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Angela Chromite Mine (Angela Deposit)
Blackjack Deposit
Gasquet Mountain
High Plateau Mine
Lower Elk Camp Ridge Deposit (Ridge Claims; Ridge Nickel Claims; GTR Claims Nos. 1-18)
Unspecified Magnetite Occurrence (1)
Zinc Saddle Group (Gordon Mountain Group)

Latitude: 41°51'36"N
Longitude: 123°57'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.86,-123.95777777778

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Garnet	None	Serpentine	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: Al Au Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Copper Garnet None Serpentine Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Népouite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	163	163	5	153886,153887,153889,153892,153896	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			3	153886,153887,153893	1756
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	153891	30554
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	153893	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	153895	14899
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	153894	66
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃			2	153886,153893	212

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-00248	163	163	Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)										Cr	74706	Niggerhead Occurrence, Gasquet Mountain, Gasquet, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA	Niggerhead Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

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