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:
Shasta Iron Company Group (Shasta Iron Mine And California Consolidated Mine), Heroult, East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 92919
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-92919.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shasta Iron Company Group (Shasta Iron Mine And California Consolidated Mine), Heroult, East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Heroult Mine (California Mine)
Maxwell Mine

Latitude: 40°46'4"N
Longitude: 122°16'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.767777777778,-122.28166666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Ilvaite	None	Pyrite	Serpentine	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: Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Ilvaite None Pyrite Serpentine Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	0		197
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	176575,176576	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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