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Locality Name:
Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 465
Youngest recorded age at locality: 465

mindat Locality ID: 240552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 181
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 155

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Altoona District
Chanchelulla Peak
Gozem Peak
Gunsight Peak
Halls Gulch District
Indian Creek District
Red Mountain
Sugarloaf Peak
Trinity Fork District (Trinity District)
Trinity Mountain
Whisky Bill Peak

Latitude: 40°51'16"N
Longitude: 122°41'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.854444444444,-122.68777777778

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodesite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bementite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Halite ()*
Jacobsite ()*	Kenyaite ()*	Magadiite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mountainite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Revdite ()*	Rhodesite ()*
Silhydrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uvarovite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Garnet Malachite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rhodesite Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Talc Vivianite

36 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	181896	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	181873	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	181935	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	181916	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	181896	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	181926	173
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	181996	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	181996	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	181916,181918,181971,181972,181996	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	465	465	21	181867,181870,181871,181872,181873,181874,181876,181877,181880,181882,181883,181884,181886,181902,181906,181933,181936,181939,182038,182039,182044	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	182042	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			9	181896,181897,181898,181904,181907,181908,181910,181911,181996	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	181976	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			46	181879,181885,181900,181909,181915,181920,181937,181943,181944,181945,181948,181949,181950,181951,181952,181953,181954,181955,181956,181957,181958,181959,181960,181962,181966,181970,181971,181972,181973,181975,181976,181977,181978,181979,181988,181995,181996,182003,182005,182006,182007,182013,182015,182022,182025,182032	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	181935	1398
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	181883	172
Kenyaite ()*	None	Na₂Si₂₂O₄₁(OH)₈·6H₂O			1	181935	8
Magadiite ()*	None	Na₂Si₁₄O₂₈(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	181935	11
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	181907	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	181923,181998	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	181916	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			2	181896,181907	397
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	181935	1508
Mountainite ()*	None	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)]·6H₂O			1	181935	5
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	181918	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	181896,181916,181918	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	181918	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			24	181896,181909,181915,181937,181944,181945,181962,181970,181971,181972,181973,181975,181976,181977,181978,181988,181996,182006,182007,182013,182015,182018,182025,182032	61156
Revdite ()*	None	Na₁₆Si₁₆O₂₇(OH)₂₆·28H₂O			1	181935	6
Rhodesite ()*	Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉·5H₂O			1	181935	11
Silhydrite ()*	None	Si₃O₆·H₂O			1	181935	6
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	181976	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	181896	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	181935,181968,182006	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	181893,181935,181968	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	465	465	1	181877	212

2 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
	podchrome-00304	465	465	Ordovician										Cr	96844	Section 14 Claim, Crow Creek Group (Chapman-Kirby Claims; McConnell-Kirby), Boulder Peak, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA	Section 14	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00305	465	465	Ordovician										Cr	240604	Munko Prospect (Ruby Lily), Boulder Peak, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA	Munko Claims	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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