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:
Quincy Area, Plumas Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 236392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quincy Area, Plumas Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Bell Mine (Iowa Mine; Leavitt Extension Mine)
Bull Placer
Elizabethtown Flat Placer (S. M. Leavitt)
Emigrant Hill Occurrence
Fairplay Occurrence
Gloria Mundi Occurrence
Golden Reef Mine
Havalia Placer
Highland Cliffs Placer Mine
Homestake Occurrence
Mill Creek Placer
Missing Link Placer Mine
Mountain Chief Occurrence
Plumas Imperial Occurrence (Hungarian Hill)
Riverdale Placer
Unnamed Au Occurrence (46)
Unspecified Tourmaline Occurrence (1)
Zola Group

Latitude: 39°56'25"N
Longitude: 120°56'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.940277777778,-120.94972222222

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	Copper	None	Quartz

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: Au Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Copper None Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	168596,168597,168603,168605,168606,168609	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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