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:
Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 240033
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240033.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Balaklala Mine (Windy Camp Mine)
Blue Jay Occurrence (Dome; Big Buck)
Crystal Group
Diamond Fraction Claim
Early Bird Mine
Eastern Occurrence
Giant Consolidated Mine (Motion Creek Group)
Grab Mine (Western Consolidated Group; Stowell Mine)
Hard Tack Mine
Jumping Jack Occurrence
Keystone Mine
King Copper Group
Last Piece Occurrence
Lawson Butte Consolidated Occurrence
Lone Hand Occurrence
Marshall And Waters Occurrence (Marshall And Walters; Chalcosa Group)
Oregon Consolidated Occurrence
Reynolds Occurrence
Spread Eagle Mine (Spreadeagle Mine)
Stevenson Prospect
United Copper Mine

Latitude: 40°42'34"N
Longitude: 122°30'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.709444444444,-122.50388888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Malachite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	390	390	1	177102	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	390	390	2	177102,177106	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	390	390	1	177102	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	390	390	5	177102,177106,177109,177112,177120	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	390	390	1	177102	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	390	390	1	177102	4165
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	390	390	4	177102,177109,177112,177120	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	390	390	1	177102	717
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	390	390	1	177102	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	390	390	3	177102,177106,177112	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	390	390	7	177102,177104,177106,177109,177112,177113,177120	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	390	390	2	177102,177106	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	390	390	2	177109,177112	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	390	390	5	177102,177106,177109,177112,177120	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	390	390	1	177102	5317

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-01021	390	390	Devonian	S	92443	Balaklala Mine (Windy Camp Mine), Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA	Balaklala	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-01029	390	390	Devonian	S	92580	Early Bird Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA	Early Bird	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-01043	390	390	Devonian	S	92640	Grab Mine (Western Consolidated Group; Stowell Mine), Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA	Stowell	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-01033	390	390	Devonian	S	92724	Keystone Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain (3), West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA	Keystone	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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