Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Applegate District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 240
Youngest recorded age at locality: 240

mindat Locality ID: 50175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Applegate District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Exchequer Mine
Glenda Lou Prospect
Golconda Mine
Marble Mt.
Michigan Mine
Mountain Lion Mine
Murphy Placer
Old Rose Chrome Deposit (Pennington Butte Chromite)
Oscar Creek Placer (Bishop & Sturdevant; Jewell & Moore Group)
Porcupine Mine
Washington Brick And Line Company Quarry (Oregon Lime Products Company Quarry)

Latitude: 42°20'0"N
Longitude: 123°27'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.333333333333,-123.4625

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	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: Ag Au C Ca Cr Fe O S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	259428	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	259428,259430,259435	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	240	240	1	259432	3902
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	259424,259429,259430,259431,259433,259434	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	259434	804
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	259424,259429,259430	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	259430	61156

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-00434	240	240	Late Triassic or older										Cr	66310	Old Rose Chrome Deposit (Pennington Butte Chromite), Applegate District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA	Pennington Butte	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

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