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Locality Name:
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: 209178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 177
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 142

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Bear Mountain
Big Bend
Bluejay Mountain
Bully Hill District (Winthrop District)
Copley Mountain
Gray Rocks
Green Mountain
Heroult
High Mountain
Hirz Mountain
Horse Mountain
Ingot
Kettle Mountain
Killanger Peak
Matheson
McCloud River & Pit River Confluence Area
Motion
Mountain Gate
North Gray Rocks
O'Brien
Oak Mountain
Oak Run
Rising Sun Mine
Round Mountain
Sacramento Mountain
Shasta Dam
Shasta Lake City (Central Valley; Toyon; Project City; Pine Grove; And Summit City)
Sugarloaf (4)
Town Mountain
White Rock

Latitude: 40°47'54"N
Longitude: 122°13'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.798333333333,-122.22472222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Epsomite Gypsum Ilvaite Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Tridymite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	176663	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	260	260	2	176537,176539	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	176574	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	176574	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	176554	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	3	176535,176537,176587	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	15	176532,176537,176539,176582,176587,176593,176602,176603,176604,176606,176607,176610,176648,176654,176687	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	7	176536,176537,176539,176587,176634,176642,176691	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	3	176532,176587,176593	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	7	176536,176537,176539,176587,176634,176641,176642	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	26	176536,176537,176539,176546,176549,176554,176555,176560,176573,176574,176583,176587,176589,176593,176606,176634,176641,176642,176644,176659,176668,176684,176686,176687,176688,176691	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	176660	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	3	176528,176536,176537	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	2	176537,176587	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	260	260	1	176587	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	3	176587,176593,176687	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	3	176532,176583,176642	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	12	176536,176537,176539,176587,176588,176593,176606,176668,176686,176687,176688,176691	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	260	260	20	176537,176543,176571,176590,176591,176595,176597,176613,176614,176620,176621,176622,176636,176673,176674,176675,176679,176681,176686,176688	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	260	260	1	176532	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	2	176537,176539	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			3	176554,176572,176645	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	4	176532,176563,176583,176646	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)			2	176574,176645	197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	176537	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	176573	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	260	260	2	176539,176587	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			10	176554,176560,176574,176575,176576,176581,176583,176618,176644,176646	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	2	176537,176587	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	176660	397
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	3	176532,176587,176593	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	176663	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	176573	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	23	176536,176537,176539,176546,176549,176555,176565,176573,176574,176587,176590,176593,176606,176634,176641,176642,176644,176675,176684,176686,176687,176688,176691	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	176573	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	176554,176642,176644	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	16	176573,176587,176590,176593,176614,176622,176634,176645,176673,176674,176675,176679,176681,176686,176687,176688	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	176684	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	260	260	2	176537,176587	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	14	176536,176537,176539,176587,176588,176593,176606,176665,176668,176684,176686,176687,176688,176691	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	260	260	1	176587	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	4	176537,176587,176593,176687	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	176663	458

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01026	260	260	Late Permian										S	92495	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	Bully Hill-Rising Star	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-01019	260	260	Late Permian										S	27934	Afterthought Mine, Ingot, East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA	Afterthought	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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