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Locality Name:
Patrick Creek District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 163
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 210480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Patrick Creek District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cold Spring Mountain
Elk Camp Ridge
High Dome
Lawyers Bar
Monumental
Patrick Creek

Latitude: 41°54'32"N
Longitude: 123°50'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.908888888889,-123.84916666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 As Au C Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Spinel

15 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5.3	0	1	153994	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.3	0	1	154005	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	0	7	153976,153985,153999,154002,154005,154007,154008	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	163	0	8	153971,153973,153974,153977,153978,153982,153984,153986	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	0	1	153989	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	0	9	153976,153985,153991,153992,153997,154004,154006,154009,154014	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	0	1	153989	5591
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	163	163	1	153981	311
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.3	0	1	154005	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	0	2	154008,154018	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	5.3	0	2	153988,153989	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	0	1	153989	255
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	0	5	153976,153985,153989,153999,154007	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5.3	0	1	154002	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0	5	153976,154004,154006,154007,154008	61156

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
Hg-00132	5.3	0		?-?	Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar	Hg	210480	Patrick Creek District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202
podchrome-00247	163	163	Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)			Cr	74601	Chrome Hill Number 1 Mine (Hance & Webb; Hance And Webb; Theone), High Dome, Patrick Creek District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA	Chrome Hill No. 1	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00246	163	163	Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)			Cr	74664	Holiday Mine (Holiday Chrome Mine; Holiday Group; High Dome Mine), High Dome, Patrick Creek District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA	Holiday Group	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00245	163	163	Middle Jurassic (162-164 Ma)			Cr	74752	Tangerine Claim (Toujoure Gai Mine; Elk Camp Mine), High Dome, Patrick Creek District, Klamath Mts, Del Norte Co., California, USA	Toujours Gai Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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