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Locality Name:
Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 169

mindat Locality ID: 217313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alwood Mine (Alwood Deposit)
Archibald Deposit
Boles Placer Mine
Brown's Bar Placer Mine
D.B.D. Placer Mine
Excelsior Mine (2)
Glacier Placer Mine
Golden Gate Mine (Hazel D Mine [?])
Grover Cleveland Mine
Haley Placer Mine
Index Mine (Quimby Mine)
Ladd Placer
Last Chance Claim (1)
Manzanita Placer Mine
McAtee Bar

Latitude: 40°57'17"N
Longitude: 123°22'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.954722222222,-123.38222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211815965509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)118159511547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118160727198
Gold  (*)CopperAu17016915181597,181599,181600,181601,181602,181603,181604,181608,181611,181612,181613,181615,181616,181617,18161930554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2118159612537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24181600,181602,181603,18161661156



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-88110170169169+1/-0   88110    96632Manzanita Placer Mine, Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-88111170169169+1/-0   88111    96632Manzanita Placer Mine, Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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