Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Bully Hill Mine (Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine; Bully Hill-Rising Star Mine; Copper City Mine; Rising Star Mine; Delamar Mine; Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 92495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-92495.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bully Hill Mine (Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine; Bully Hill-Rising Star Mine; Copper City Mine; Rising Star Mine; Delamar Mine; Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°47'57"N
Longitude: 122°12'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.799166666667,-122.20277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)26026001588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260260011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426026005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S26026005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu26026003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026004165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260260024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu260260030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26026006890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626026002228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Silver  (*)CopperAg26026005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260260021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326026005317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-01026260260Late Permian       S92495Bully Hill Mine (Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine; Bully Hill-Rising Star Mine; Copper City Mine; Rising Star Mine; Delamar Mine; Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USABully Hill-Rising StarMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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