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:
Shirttail Peak, French Gulch District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 238054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shirttail Peak, French Gulch District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Bjork Group (Golden Blanket)
Bonanza Mine (Salt Creek Group)
Gladstone Mine (Gladstone Vein; Hazel Gold Mine Company; French Gulch Mining Company)
Iron Hand Placer Mine
J. I. C. Mine (J.I.C. Vein; Jay Eye See Mine)
Nellie And Annie Mine
Shirttail Mine
Slattery And Welch Placer
Sunny Slope Mine
Unnamed Au Occurrence (13)

Latitude: 40°44'28"N
Longitude: 122°35'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.741111111111,-122.58944444444

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.

Calcite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Fe O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	176766	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	176766	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	176763,176764,176765,176766,176767,176768,176769,176770,176772	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	176766	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	176764,176766,176768,176772	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	176763	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	176766	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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