Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meadow Valley, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 193975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meadow Valley, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Australia Placer Mining Company Mine
Chicken Flat Occurrence
Edmanton
Meadow Valley Ni Occurrence
Meadow Valley Post Office Vicinity
Southeast Of Meadow Valley
Unnamed Au Occurrence (17)
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence (2)
West Side Of Meadow Valley

Latitude: 39°55'5"N
Longitude: 121°4'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.918055555556,-121.07333333333

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.

Amphibole	Axinite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Margarite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Axinite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica
None Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Scheelite Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	168039	8803
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	168043	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	168031	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	168039	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	168031	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	168039	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	168039	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	168039	160
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	168018,168021,168024,168025,168037	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	0		350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	168033	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	168033,168039	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	168031,168034	770
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	168039	168
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	168033	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	168031	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	168031,168040,168042	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	168031,168034	969
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	168031	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	168023	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	168031	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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