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:
Superior Mine, Lights Creek Copper Deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge Deposits; Lights Canyon Deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 85825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-85825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Superior Mine, Lights Creek Copper Deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge Deposits; Lights Canyon Deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°12'11"N
Longitude: 120°46'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.203055555556,-120.77444444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100	100	3419
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	100	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	100	100	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	100	100	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	100	4899

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
	PorphCu-00136	100	100	100							Yes		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jamesonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite	Cu	86332	Lights Creek Copper Deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge Deposits; Lights Canyon Deposits), Moonlight Peak, Taylorsville District, Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas Co., California, USA	Lights Creek	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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