Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sugarloaf (4), East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 238326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sugarloaf (4), East Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Arndt-Haschke Mine
Bibbens Heirs Prospect
Congress Group
Cowboy Occurrence (Abe Lincoln)
Gold Belt Occurrence
Old Indian Mine (F. J. Ward Mine)
Sugar Loaf Mine
Sugarloaf And Homestake (Sugarloaf Group; Homestake Group)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (5)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (6)
Woodrow Wilson Mine

Latitude: 40°44'55"N
Longitude: 122°5'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.748611111111,-122.09166666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	176687	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	176691	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	176684,176686,176687,176688,176691	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	176687	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	176686,176687,176688,176691	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	176681,176686,176688	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	176684,176686,176687,176688,176691	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	176681,176686,176687,176688	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	176684	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	176684,176686,176687,176688,176691	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	176687	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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