Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 388
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 209192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA": 101
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 86

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gopher Hill
Meadow Valley
Red Hill
Rich Bar
Spanish Peak
Spanish Ranch
Virgilia

Latitude: 39°58'35"N
Longitude: 121°6'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.976388888889,-121.10666666667

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	Axinite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*
Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*
Margarite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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: Al Au B Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Axinite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diamond Epidote Feldspar
Mica None Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Scheelite Spinel Zircon

24 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	168017,168039,168072	8803
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	168043	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	168031	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	168039	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	388	388	4	168047,168076,168096,168104	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	168031	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	168039,168072	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	168016	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	168039	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	168039,168072	160
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			34	168008,168009,168011,168018,168021,168024,168025,168037,168049,168051,168054,168055,168056,168057,168058,168059,168060,168061,168062,168063,168067,168068,168074,168075,168077,168079,168083,168095,168097,168098,168100,168102,168105,168106	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	168017	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	168033	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	168033,168039	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			2	168031,168034	770
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			1	168039	168
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	168033	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	168031	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	168017,168031,168040,168042	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	168031,168034,168103	969
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	168091	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	168031	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	168023	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	168031	1025

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00223	388	388	pre-Early Devonian-Jurassic (388±17 Ma U-Pb zircon from felsic igneous rocks; 174 Ma K-Ar white mica from blueschists)			Cr	236255	Red Hill & Skyline Claims, Red Hill, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA	Red Hill and Skyline Claims	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
NAVDAT-20511	1.8	0.01	0.91+0.89/-0.9	unknown	20511		86667	Upper Feather River Region (Upper Feather), Red Hill, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
podchrome-00226	388	388	pre-Early Devonian-Jurassic (388±17 Ma U-Pb zircon from felsic igneous rocks; 174 Ma K-Ar white mica from blueschists)			Cr	86191	Fuller Claims (Hudson Claim; Snow White Nos. 1-3 Claims; Hillside Claim; Florence Claim), Spanish Ranch, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA	Hudson Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00225	388	388	pre-Early Devonian-Jurassic (388±17 Ma U-Pb zircon from felsic igneous rocks; 174 Ma K-Ar white mica from blueschists)			Cr	86292	Jack Forth Claims, Virgilia, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA	Jack Forth Claims	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00224	388	388	pre-Early Devonian-Jurassic (388±17 Ma U-Pb zircon from felsic igneous rocks; 174 Ma K-Ar white mica from blueschists)			Cr	86524	Shennandoah Claims (Shennandoah Claim No. 1; Shennandoah Claim No. 2), Virgilia, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA	Shennandoah Claims	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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