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:
Moccasin, Plumas Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 235323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moccasin, Plumas Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Burch And Woody Mine (Burch And Woody Prospect; Burch Prospect; Woody Prospect)
Dickie Bird Mine (Dickie Bird Deposit)
Green Mountain Mine
Lakeview Valley VI Mine (Western Manganese Mine; Noble Lease; EW; Braito Mine; Dixie Creek; Feather River; Iron Dyke Mine)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (58)

Latitude: 40°5'11"N
Longitude: 120°57'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.086388888889,-120.95277777778

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.

Braunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Epidote	None	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Chalcopyrite Clay Epidote None Quartz Rhodonite Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Bementite ()*	Braunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fowlerite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	168381	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	168383	483
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	168382	27198
Fowlerite ()*	None	(Mn,Zn)SiO₃	1	168383	4
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	168383	260
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	168383	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	168382	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	3	168380,168381,168383	969

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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