Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ramshorn Summit, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 240554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ramshorn Summit, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Allen And Cummings Occurrence
Altoona Mine (Castella Corp. Mine; Rare Metals Corp. Of America; Universal Silvers; Trinity Claim; Blockade Claim)
Boston Consolidated Mine
Carr Prospect (Carr Quicksilver)
Cooper And Company Property
Eastern Star Placer Mine
Eldenlou Group
Green Stripe Chrome Mine (Albiez Mine; Parmenter; Crews; Green Stripe Chrome Claims Nos. 1 And 2)
Halgrave And Company Placer
Hub And Security Mine (Hub)
Integral Consolidated Group (Integral Property)
Munko Prospect
North Star Mine (Evening Star Mine)
Sentinal Occurrence (Invincible Consolidated [?])
Shasta Lily Mine (Shasta Lilly Mine; Ruby Lily Mine)
Trinity Prospect (Taggart)
Unnamed Asbestos Occurrence (14)
Unnamed Au Placer (70)
Unnamed Au-Cu Mine (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (3)

Latitude: 41°8'46"N
Longitude: 122°34'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.146111111111,-122.56916666667

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	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Stibnite

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 Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Stibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	181896	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	181916	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	181896	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	181916	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	181902,181906	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	8	181896,181897,181898,181904,181907,181908,181910,181911	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	181900,181909,181915	30554
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	181907	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	181916	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2	181896,181907	397
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	181896,181916	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	181896,181909,181915	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	181896	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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