Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Richmond Ore Body, Iron Mountain Mine (Number 8; Confidence; Old Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], 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: 240101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richmond Ore Body, Iron Mountain Mine (Number 8; Confidence; Old Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°40'19"N
Longitude: 122°31'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.671944444444,-122.52777777778

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.

Alunite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Kieserite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Römerite	Voltaite

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: Al Fe H K Mg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Copiapite Coquimbite Kieserite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Römerite Voltaite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Römerite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Voltaite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	390	390	50
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	390	390	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	390	390	136
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	390	390	2228
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	390	390	54
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	390	390	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	390	390	39462
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	390	390	53
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	390	390	115
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	390	390	139
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	390	390	111

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01031	390	390	Devonian							Yes			S	12023	Iron Mountain Mine (Number 8; Confidence; Old Mine), Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain [town], West Shasta Copper - Zinc District, Klamath Mts, Shasta Co., California, USA	Iron Mountain	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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