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:
Amedee Hot Springs (Amedee Springs), Lassen Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 211267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211267.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amedee Hot Springs (Amedee Springs), Lassen Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Ace Chief Occurrence
Amedee Hot Springs Hg Occurrence
Black Diamond Placer
Hillside Claim
Hot Rock Claim
Luilla Queen Group
Pumeroy Placer Claim
Shamrock Claim
Skedaddle Claim
Snow Storm Group
Southern Star Group
Square Peak Placer
Unnamed Au Prospect [4]
Unnamed Stone Pit [2]
Wendel Placer (Wendle Placer)
Who-Who Group

Latitude: 40°19'24"N
Longitude: 120°8'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.323333333333,-120.1475

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.

Clay	Copper	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

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 Ca H Hg Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper None Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montmorillonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	160839	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	160840,160849	30554
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	160839	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	160839	255
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	160839	1508

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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