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:
Grouse Mountain, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 238105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grouse Mountain, South Fork Silver District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ballou Group (Manzanita Falls; Great Falls; Hope)
Big Dyke Mine (Big Dike Mine; Edna Claim; Little Dyke Claim; Alta Claim; Helen Claim; Dyke Claim; Extension Claim; Big Dyke Claim)
Continental Mine
Diamond Mine (Black Prince Mine; Dayton Mine; Black Diamond Mine)
Golden Crown Mine
North Star Mine (1)

Latitude: 40°32'23"N
Longitude: 122°34'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.539722222222,-122.58305555556

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.

Acanthite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Au Cu Fe O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	177063	2793
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	177063,177064	663
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	177062,177063,177064,177065,177066,177067	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	177064	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	177062,177063,177064	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	177063	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	177063,177064	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	177063,177064	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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