Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 108
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 218881
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218881.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA": 111
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 86

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Bear Ridge Deposit
Brush Mountain
Chicago Rock
Helmke Manganese Group
Horsehead Mountain
Irish Mountain
Island Mountain
Kekawaka
Kettenpom
Mad River Rock
Neafus Peak
Norse Butte
North Kelsey Peak
Pickett Peak
Red Mountain
Red Mountain Creek Deposit
Ruth
Shannon Butte
Three Forks
Van Horn Peak
Wildhorse Peak
Woodmans Butte
Zenia

Latitude: 40°11'43"N
Longitude: 123°20'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.195277777778,-123.34527777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Brochantite
Brookite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Cubanite
Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kieserite	Malachite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rutile	Römerite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Brochantite
Brookite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Cubanite
Digenite Epidote Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Kieserite Malachite Melanterite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rutile Römerite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aluminocopiapite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Ansermetite ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Bieberite ()*
Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fibroferrite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Inesite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Julgoldite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Kornelite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Nsutite ()*
Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Römerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Vernadite ()*
Witherite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180918	3419
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	108	108	1	180862	50
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	180884	3092
Ansermetite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn²⁺V⁵⁺₂O₆·4H₂O			1	180884	9
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	108	108	1	180862	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	108	108	1	180862	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	108	108	1	180862	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	180884,180934	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			12	180846,180854,180857,180872,180873,180884,180911,180929,180931,180934,180938,180940	173
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	108	108	1	180862	50
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	180934	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	108	108	2	180862,180884	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			3	180854,180871,180934	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	180884	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	180881	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	108	108	2	180862,180884	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	108	108	1	180862	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	108	108	4	180862,180884,180903,180934	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	108	108	1	180862	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			3	180902,180913,180914	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	180884	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	180915	951
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	108	108	1	180862	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	108	108	5	180862,180884,180903,180925,180934	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	108	108	1	180862	136
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	108	108	1	180862	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	180934	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	180884	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	180918	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	180903	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	108	108	1	180862	107
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	180859,180928	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	108	108	1	180862	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	108	108	1	180862	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	108	108	1	180862	409
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			6	180854,180884,180925,180931,180934,180940	350
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O			3	180881,180884,180934	50
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	180884	2228
Julgoldite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	180884	15
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)	108	108	1	180862	21
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	108	108	5	180862,180884,180916,180931,180934	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	108	108	1	180862	915
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	108	108	1	180862	84
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			3	180884,180932,180934	186
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			1	180934	121
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	180945	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	108	108	1	180862	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	108	108	4	180862,180916,180932,180953	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			4	180925,180934,180936,180940	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	108	108	1	180862	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	108	108	6	180862,180881,180884,180934,180936,180940	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			14	180854,180857,180865,180873,180884,180925,180929,180931,180932,180934,180936,180938,180940,180945	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			5	180857,180873,180934,180938,180940	969
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	108	108	1	180862	115
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	108	108	1	180862	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	180884	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	108	108	1	180862	139
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	180903	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			2	180884,180934	433
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	180934	65
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	180884	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	180903	5251

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
	vms-01032	108	108	Early to Middle Cretaceous										S	12058	Island Mountain Mine (Dahrman Group; Island Mountain Consolidated Mine; Annex; Leach; Merritt Gore; Shotgun), Moose Peak, Island Mountain, Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA	Island Mountain	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R090030	Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R090030

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