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Locality Name:
Glazer Point, Granite Basin District, Plumas Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 235328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glazer Point, Granite Basin District, Plumas Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Caldwell Occurrence
Clara Occurrence
Commercial Occurrence
Coquette Occurrence
Coyote Occurrence
Dodge & McAtee Group
Granite Basin Mining Company Property
Grubstake & Juaniata Occurrence
Hardquartz Mine (Broken Back Mine)
Jennie Jamie Occurrence
Joshua Moss Occurrence
Little Lady Placer Mine
Marble Creek Deposit
Mudhen & Minnie S Occurrence
New Century & Whidden Occurrence
Pocahontas Mine [1] (Pocahontas Claim; Minnehaha Claim)
Robinson Occurrence (Trenton; Morning Star)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (48)

Latitude: 39°48'10"N
Longitude: 121°14'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.802777777778,-121.24333333333

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 Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural group

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Copper  (*)CopperCu11681433846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11681432970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11681438173
Gold  (*)CopperAu116813930554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2116814312537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11681431066
Silver  (*)CopperAg11681435186



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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