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Locality Name:
Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley District (Genesee District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 235312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argentine Rock, Genesee Valley District (Genesee District), Plumas Copper Belt, Plumas Co., California, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Blue Bell Occurrence (2)
Brown Bear Placer Mine (Can)
Butterfield & Paddock Occurrence
Carr Placer
Cascade Placer
Crown Point Fraction Prospect
Crown Point Mine
Crown Point Placer Mine
Curtner Placer
Emerson And Muller Placer Mine
Gold Leaf Mine
Good Hope Placer Mine
Greenhorn Placer Mine
Lanfear Occurrence
Niagara Placer
Ohio Mine (2)
Ohio Mine (3)
Santa Cruz Placer Mine
Spring Garden Mining Company Placer Mine
Squirrel Creek Project Prospect
U. S. Smelting; Refining; And Mining Company Prospect (Lena)
Underwood & Martin Placer
Unnamed Au Occurrence (24)
Unnamed Cu-Ag Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Placer Au Occurrence (68)
Walker Mine (Walker Brothers Mine; Walker Copper Mine; Native Son Mine [?])

Latitude: 39°56'53"N
Longitude: 120°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.948055555556,-120.73333333333
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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteBerylChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteGarnetMalachiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211684873419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211684625509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116848711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42168482,1684875516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2168482,1684875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22168482,16848727198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811684871008
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31168487802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116848724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13168465,168466,168469,168470,168471,168473,168474,168476,168479,168480,168483,168486,16848730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311684731544
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141168487784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116848714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2116846212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116848739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811684879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22168482,16848761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116848721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311684873418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311684875317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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