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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:
Warner Mts, Modoc Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 218921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Warner Mts, Modoc Co., California, USA": 82
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 72

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Buck Mountain
Emerson Peak
High Grade District (Hoag District)
Lake Annie Mountain
Little Meadow Campground
Sheep Rock
Squaw Peak
Sugar Hill

Latitude: 41°37'9"N
Longitude: 120°14'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.619166666667,-120.24583333333
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTalc

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Talc  (*)
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)22163886,1639615509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116395927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22163890,16391927198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3163894,163953,1639612600
Copper  (*)CopperCu11638863846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11638862970
Gold  (*)CopperAu51163888,163892,163893,163896,163897,163898,163899,163900,163902,163904,163905,163906,163908,163909,163910,163911,163912,163913,163915,163916,163918,163919,163920,163921,163922,163923,163924,163925,163926,163927,163928,163929,163930,163931,163932,163933,163934,163935,163936,163937,163938,163939,163940,163942,163943,163944,163945,163948,163949,163951,16395530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32163894,16394014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22163886,16396112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116396117380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1163894471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24163904,163912,163919,16396139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO252163892,163893,163894,163896,163897,163898,163899,163900,163902,163904,163905,163906,163908,163909,163910,163911,163912,163913,163915,163916,163918,163919,163920,163921,163922,163923,163924,163925,163926,163927,163928,163929,163930,163931,163932,163933,163934,163935,163936,163937,163938,163939,163940,163942,163943,163944,163945,163948,163949,163951,163955,16396161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11639325186
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211639123337


1 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-2953623.85.314.55±9.25   29536    234460Sugar Hill, Warner Mts, Modoc Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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