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Locality Name:
Redding District, Shasta Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Redding District, Shasta Co., California, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Girvan
Redding
Redding Area

Latitude: 40°32'13"N
Longitude: 122°25'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.536944444444,-122.41944444444
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 Al As Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ir Na O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperNatroliteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Iridium  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Palladium  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11772032793
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11772035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22177196,17720327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11772031382
Copper  (*)CopperCu11772003846
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121177203663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS117720324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21177179,177180,177181,177182,177183,177184,177185,177187,177188,177189,177190,177192,177195,177196,177197,177198,177199,177203,177205,177206,17720730554
Iridium  (*)CopperIr1177202162
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1177209425
Palladium  (*)CopperPd117720259
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2177180,177202485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22177196,17720339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117719661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11771964894
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21177202337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311772035317


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