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:
Genesee Valley District (Genesee District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Genesee Valley District (Genesee District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas Co., California, USA": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 57

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Argentine Rock
Genesee
Unnamed Mn Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Strontianite Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 39°59'36"N
Longitude: 120°43'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.993333333333,-120.72722222222

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cubanite	Epidote
Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Cubanite Epidote
Garnet Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	168487	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	168462,168492,168495,168499	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	168487	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10	168482,168487,168489,168495,168498,168499,168500,168510,168515,168516	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	168499	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	168482,168487,168498,168499,168510	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	168482,168487,168495,168499,168509,168515	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	168499	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	168487	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	168487	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	168495,168496	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	168487	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	18	168465,168466,168469,168470,168471,168473,168474,168476,168479,168480,168483,168486,168487,168489,168499,168504,168506,168517	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	168473	1544
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	168487	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	168487	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	168462,168491,168492,168495,168499	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	168487	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	168487	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	168482,168487,168489,168491,168494,168498,168499,168509,168510	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	168519	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	168491	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	168487	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	168487	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	168520	589
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	168487,168494,168499	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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