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Locality Name:
Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 465
Youngest recorded age at locality: 140

mindat Locality ID: 233244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 677
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 558

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Anderson Point
Arbuckle Mountain
Blue Mountain
Boulder Peak
Brock Butte
Brown Mountain
Castella
Castle Crag
Conant
Devils Rock
Dog Creek District
East Shasta Copper - Zinc District
French Gulch District
Gibson
Green Mountain
Harrison Gulch District
Lamoine
Lookout Peak
McCloud River
Old Diggings District
Ono District
Paradise Peak
Pollard Flat
Rattlesnake Hill
Round Bottom Bend
Shasta District
Sims
Sims Station
Trinity Mts
West Shasta Copper - Zinc District
Whiskeytown District
Winnibulli Mountain

Latitude: 40°48'2"N
Longitude: 122°29'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.800555555556,-122.49833333333
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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
CalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundum
CovelliteDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteIlvaiteKaoliniteKieserite
LepidocrociteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileRömeriteScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStarkeyiteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTridymiteVoltaiteWurtzite

97 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kornelite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)
Osmium  (*)Platinum  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Witherite  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11770632793
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O390390117701150
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11766631627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2602602176537,1765391588
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)23176574,176955,176956718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41176574708
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)43903901177010246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3903903176714,176747,1769809052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611765542060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602605176535,176537,176587,176726,1770905509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)39026020176497,176532,176537,176539,176582,176587,176593,176602,176603,176604,176606,176607,176610,176648,176654,176687,176778,176796,176984,17710211547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81176783173
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439026011176536,176537,176539,176587,176634,176642,176691,176726,176972,176980,1770545516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)39026014176532,176587,176593,176707,176714,176724,176757,176766,176851,176980,177006,177068,177102,17710627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11770744979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3903901177006925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S39026015176536,176537,176539,176587,176634,176641,176642,176726,176980,176986,176995,176999,177006,177028,1771025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS239026061176515,176536,176537,176539,176546,176549,176554,176555,176560,176573,176574,176583,176587,176589,176593,176606,176634,176641,176642,176644,176659,176668,176684,176686,176687,176688,176691,176726,176744,176754,176816,176820,176825,176831,176898,176966,176970,176972,176978,176980,176982,176984,176987,176995,176999,177006,177013,177014,177033,177053,177054,177080,177082,177084,177102,177106,177109,177112,177120,177136,17713827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O414014010176495,176775,176781,176862,176866,176878,176945,176947,176950,1769513902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11767263531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43176860,176955,176958951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11766602600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)846546511768641756
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O3903901177011382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3902609176516,176528,176536,176537,176726,176980,176987,176995,1771023846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O3903902177006,177011136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3902606176537,176587,176980,177006,177028,1771024165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11767262970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3902602176587,1769801027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602604176587,176593,176687,1770279895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2602603176532,176583,1766428173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2176775,176949345
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S125177063,177064,177074,177080,177082663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39026030176515,176536,176537,176539,176587,176588,176593,176606,176668,176686,176687,176688,176691,176711,176713,176714,176719,176724,176744,176766,176980,176995,177006,177033,177071,177074,177077,177080,177082,17708924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu390260240176471,176473,176475,176478,176486,176496,176500,176508,176510,176511,176513,176514,176515,176516,176517,176518,176519,176520,176522,176537,176543,176571,176590,176591,176595,176597,176613,176614,176620,176621,176622,176636,176673,176674,176675,176679,176681,176686,176688,176703,176704,176705,176706,176707,176709,176711,176713,176714,176716,176717,176719,176720,176721,176722,176723,176724,176725,176727,176728,176729,176731,176732,176733,176734,176736,176737,176740,176741,176742,176743,176744,176745,176746,176747,176748,176750,176752,176753,176754,176755,176756,176757,176758,176760,176763,176764,176765,176766,176767,176768,176769,176770,176772,176782,176789,176790,176791,176792,176793,176794,176798,176800,176802,176803,176804,176806,176807,176816,176820,176822,176823,176825,176826,176828,176829,176830,176831,176833,176834,176835,176840,176841,176842,176843,176844,176845,176846,176848,176849,176851,176853,176854,176856,176883,176884,176886,176887,176888,176891,176892,176894,176895,176898,176900,176901,176902,176903,176904,176905,176906,176907,176908,176909,176910,176911,176912,176916,176918,176919,176920,176921,176923,176924,176928,176929,176930,176931,176932,176935,176936,176937,176940,176968,176974,176975,176977,176980,176982,176991,176997,177012,177013,177016,177017,177026,177027,177029,177033,177035,177037,177038,177040,177041,177043,177044,177045,177047,177049,177050,177051,177053,177054,177055,177060,177062,177063,177064,177065,177066,177067,177070,177071,177072,177073,177074,177077,177079,177080,177084,177086,177088,177089,177091,177092,177095,177102,177109,177112,177120,177124,177125,177128,177133,177134,177135,177136,177137,177139,177140,17714330554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O2602601176532188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3903903176980,177006,177102717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2602602176537,1765396890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O3903901177006409
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63176554,176572,176645741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33902607176532,176563,176583,176646,177006,177015,17702714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1176831804
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS43903901176980142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339039011770065433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1176775123
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)2176574,176645197
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O390390117700634
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63902603176537,177006,1770112228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411765735591
Kornelite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·7H2O (?)390390117700621
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3903901177006581
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42602602176539,176587198
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O43903901177006229
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O44654654176487,176863,176864,176954311
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O390390117701154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O439039011176554,176560,176574,176575,176576,176581,176583,176618,176644,176646,17700614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23902607176537,176587,176726,176999,177006,177090,17710212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1176888770
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3903902177006,177011915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1176660397
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211767755800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)239026010176532,176587,176593,176970,176980,176986,176995,177102,177106,17711217380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11766631236
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs4654651176954633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11765732994
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1176802169
Platinum  (*)CopperPt3903902176804,177006485
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31177074733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311770681425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS239026083176515,176536,176537,176539,176546,176549,176555,176565,176573,176574,176587,176590,176593,176606,176634,176641,176642,176644,176675,176684,176686,176687,176688,176691,176703,176713,176714,176719,176724,176726,176729,176747,176754,176757,176766,176775,176825,176831,176851,176931,176935,176937,176966,176970,176972,176973,176978,176980,176984,176986,176987,176992,176995,177003,177005,177006,177011,177013,177014,177027,177028,177033,177038,177040,177053,177054,177064,177074,177080,177082,177084,177089,177102,177104,177106,177109,177112,177113,177120,177134,177135,177138,17714339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23176573,176810,1771343106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11770741725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83903906176554,176642,176644,176726,176970,1770069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2390260124176473,176478,176510,176514,176522,176573,176587,176590,176593,176614,176622,176634,176645,176673,176674,176675,176679,176681,176686,176687,176688,176704,176705,176707,176709,176713,176714,176716,176717,176722,176724,176726,176727,176728,176729,176732,176736,176741,176743,176744,176746,176747,176753,176754,176757,176764,176766,176768,176772,176789,176791,176792,176794,176816,176820,176822,176826,176829,176831,176842,176845,176848,176851,176853,176854,176884,176894,176895,176898,176902,176904,176905,176907,176911,176912,176916,176918,176921,176923,176928,176930,176932,176936,176937,176974,176980,176982,176984,176986,176997,177006,177012,177013,177017,177026,177027,177033,177038,177040,177041,177045,177049,177050,177051,177053,177055,177060,177062,177063,177064,177073,177077,177084,177089,177091,177095,177102,177106,177128,177134,177136,177138,177140,17714361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11767831711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3176783,176785,176810969
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O3903902177006,17701153
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O3903902177006,177011115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3903901177006293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211766845614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4176750,176763,176909,1770394894
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O390390117700684
Silver  (*)CopperAg39026010176516,176537,176587,176980,177006,177063,177077,177082,177109,1771125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39026034176536,176537,176539,176587,176588,176593,176606,176665,176668,176684,176686,176687,176688,176691,176711,176713,176714,176724,176766,176980,176995,177006,177014,177063,177064,177068,177071,177077,177082,177102,177106,177109,177112,17712021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41177068586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS39039011770062045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O3903902177006,177011139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211771353337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1339039011769801803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO26026011765871101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339026011176537,176587,176593,176687,176787,176980,177063,177064,177074,177082,1771025317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211769562562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21176663458
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)34654653176863,176864,176954212
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O3903902177006,177011111
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1176797251
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O117649056


13 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
vms-01026260260Late Permian       S92495Bully Hill Mine (Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine; Bully Hill-Rising Star Mine; Copper City Mine; Rising Star Mine; Delamar Mine; Shasta Zinc And Copper Mine), Bully Hill, Bully Hill, Bully Hill District (Winthrop District), East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USABully Hill-Rising StarMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01019260260Late Permian       S27934Afterthought Mine, Ingot, East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAAfterthoughtMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
podchrome-00285465465Ordovician       Cr92607Forest Queen Mine (Union Forest Queen Mine; Bull Dog Mine; North Star No. 1 Mine; Rattlesnake Mine; Black Bird Mine; Grey Eagle; Gray Eagle Claim; Mammoth Claim), Rattlesnake Hill, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAForest Queen GroupMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00297465465Ordovician       Cr92926Shotgun Creek Mine (Gill Mine; Primm And Dougherty Group; Noble Electric Steel Company Property), Sims Station, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAShotgunMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
vms-01044390390Devonian       S92963Sutro Mine, Bohemotash Mountain, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USASutroMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01035390390Devonian       S8166Mammoth Mine (Mammoth Copper Company; Anderson Mine; Mayflower Mine; Sheridan Mine; Gillispie Mine), Copper Crest Group, Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAMammothMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01041390390Devonian       S92921Shasta King Mine (Lost Desert Mine; Trinity Mine), Mammoth Butte, Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAShasta KingMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01031390390Devonian       S12023Iron Mountain Mine (Number 8; Confidence; Old Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAIron MountainMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01021390390Devonian       S92443Balaklala Mine (Windy Camp Mine), Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USABalaklalaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01029390390Devonian       S92580Early Bird Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAEarly BirdMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01043390390Devonian       S92640Grab Mine (Western Consolidated Group; Stowell Mine), Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAStowellMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-01033390390Devonian       S92724Keystone Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USAKeystoneMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
podchrome-00286140140Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)     Yes Cr96025Round Bottom Occurrence, Little Red Mountain, Klamath Mts, Tehama Co., California, USARound BottomMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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