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Locality Name:
West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 209157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 168
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 142

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Backbone District
Hat Mountain
Haycock Peak
Iron Mountain [town]
Jackass Mountain
Keswick Area
Monarch Mountain
Mule Mountain
Paige Bar
South Fork Mountain
South Fork Silver District
Sugarloaf (1)
Sugarloaf (2)
Sugarloaf Mountain (3)
Whiskeytown Dam

Latitude: 40°41'28"N
Longitude: 122°28'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.691111111111,-122.47666666667
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 B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClay
CopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteHalotrichiteKieseriteLepidocrociteMalachite
MelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRömeriteScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteSulphurTetrahedriteVoltaiteWurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kornelite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Platinum  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11770632793
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O390390117701150
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)43903901177010246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39039011769809052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211770905509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3903902176984,17710211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43903903176972,176980,1770545516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3903905176980,177006,177068,177102,17710627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11770744979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3903901177006925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3903907176980,176986,176995,176999,177006,177028,1771025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS239039024176966,176970,176972,176978,176980,176982,176984,176987,176995,176999,177006,177013,177014,177033,177053,177054,177080,177082,177084,177102,177106,177109,177112,17712027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O3903901177011382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3903904176980,176987,176995,1771023846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O3903902177006,177011136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3903904176980,177006,177028,1771024165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S39039011769801027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211770279895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S125177063,177064,177074,177080,177082663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39039010176980,176995,177006,177033,177071,177074,177077,177080,177082,17708924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu39039060176968,176974,176975,176977,176980,176982,176991,176997,177012,177013,177016,177017,177026,177027,177029,177033,177035,177037,177038,177040,177041,177043,177044,177045,177047,177049,177050,177051,177053,177054,177055,177060,177062,177063,177064,177065,177066,177067,177070,177071,177072,177073,177074,177077,177079,177080,177084,177086,177088,177089,177091,177092,177095,177102,177109,177112,177120,177124,177125,17712830554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3903903176980,177006,177102717
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O3903901177006409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33903903177006,177015,17702714640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS43903901176980142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339039011770065433
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O390390117700634
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63903902177006,1770112228
Kornelite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·7H2O (?)390390117700621
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3903901177006581
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O43903901177006229
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O390390117701154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4390390117700614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23903904176999,177006,177090,17710212537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3903902177006,177011915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23903907176970,176980,176986,176995,177102,177106,17711217380
Platinum  (*)CopperPt3903901177006485
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31177074733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311770681425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS239039037176966,176970,176972,176973,176978,176980,176984,176986,176987,176992,176995,177003,177005,177006,177011,177013,177014,177027,177028,177033,177038,177040,177053,177054,177064,177074,177080,177082,177084,177089,177102,177104,177106,177109,177112,177113,17712039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11770741725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83903902176970,1770069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239039035176974,176980,176982,176984,176986,176997,177006,177012,177013,177017,177026,177027,177033,177038,177040,177041,177045,177049,177050,177051,177053,177055,177060,177062,177063,177064,177073,177077,177084,177089,177091,177095,177102,177106,17712861156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O3903902177006,17701153
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O3903902177006,177011115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3903901177006293
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11770394894
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O390390117700684
Silver  (*)CopperAg3903907176980,177006,177063,177077,177082,177109,1771125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39039015176980,176995,177006,177014,177063,177064,177068,177071,177077,177082,177102,177106,177109,177112,17712021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41177068586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS39039011770062045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O3903902177006,177011139
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339039011769801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133903906176980,177063,177064,177074,177082,1771025317
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O3903902177006,177011111


8 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-01044390390Devonian       S92963Sutro Mine, Bohemotash Mountain, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USASutroMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01035390390Devonian       S8166Mammoth Mine (Mammoth Copper Company; Anderson Mine; Mayflower Mine; Sheridan Mine; Gillispie Mine), Copper Crest Group, Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAMammothMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01041390390Devonian       S92921Shasta King Mine (Lost Desert Mine; Trinity Mine), Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAShasta KingMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01031390390Devonian       S12023Iron Mountain Mine (Number 8; Confidence; Old Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAIron MountainMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01021390390Devonian       S92443Balaklala Mine (Windy Camp Mine), Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USABalaklalaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01029390390Devonian       S92580Early Bird Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAEarly BirdMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01043390390Devonian       S92640Grab Mine (Western Consolidated Group; Stowell Mine), Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAStowellMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01033390390Devonian       S92724Keystone Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAKeystoneMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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