Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caribou, Plumas Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 235334
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235334.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caribou, Plumas Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Caribou Placer Mine
Dabney Placer (Mark L. Miller)
Dean Placer Mine (Yankee Bar)
Douglas Consolidated Placer Mine
Ellis Group
Fairfield Placer
Hona Lee Placer
Larton Placer
Mystery Gulch Mine
Red Rock Mine
River Leasing Company Placer Mine
Shenandoah Occurrence
Soda Ravine Placer Mine
Unnamed Au Occurrence (10)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (36)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (54)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (8)
Unnamed Placer Au Occurrence (64)
Unnamed Placer Au Occurrence (67)

Latitude: 40°5'27"N
Longitude: 121°10'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.090833333333,-121.17222222222

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.

Copper	None

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: Au

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			12	167907,167908,167909,167910,167911,167912,167913,167916,167917,167919,167924,167925	30554

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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