Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Indian Valley District, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 212946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indian Valley District, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bald Peaks Of Plummer
Friend Mountain
Indian Valley Creek
Oak Ridge

Latitude: 40°32'33"N
Longitude: 123°20'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.5425,-123.33472222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Rhodonite	Spinel

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: Au Cr Cu Fe Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper None Rhodonite Spinel

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Gold ()*	Rhodonite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	181358	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	164	164	5	181349,181352,181353,181356,181362	3902
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	181348	30554
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	181354	969

1 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
	podchrome-00307	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)										Cr	97200	Yellow Pine Mine, Friend Mountain, Indian Valley District, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA	Yellow Pine	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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