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:
Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 219019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edmanton, Meadow Valley, Edmanton District (Meadow Valley District), Plumas Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Deadwood Placer
Eagle Gulch
Golden Ancient Channel Placer
Hellas Placer Mine
Honeycomb Occurrence
La Honda Mine (J. W. McKay)
Lahonda Mine
Monte Cristo Occurrence
Mumford Hill
S. R. Weeks Claim
Sanhedrin Mine (Star Of Plumas Mine)
Stag Point Placer Mine

Latitude: 39°53'50"N
Longitude: 121°6'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.897222222222,-121.10055555556

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.

Baryte	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile
Scheelite	Spinel	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 Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Copper Corundum Epidote None Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile
Scheelite Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	168031	11547
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	168031	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	168021,168024,168025,168037	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	168033	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	168033	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	168031,168034	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	168033	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	168031	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	168031	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	168031,168034	969
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	168031	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	168023	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	168031	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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