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:
Sherer Ridge, Scott Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 240730
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240730.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sherer Ridge, Scott Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Barney McCoy Property
China Town Placer Mine
Hoaglin Claim (Hoaglin Mine)
Meader Mine
Pero Placer
Picayane Placer Mine
Rattlesnake Mine
Sunflower Placer (Karrer)
Third Chance Asbestos Claims
Trinity River Prospect (Trinity River Claim; Three Rattles And A Button; Sauage Nos. 2 & 3)
Unnamed Asbestos Occurrence (4)
Unnamed Asbestos Occurrence (5)
Unnamed Au Mine (41)
Unnamed Au Placer (103)
Unnamed Au Placer (62)
Unnamed Au Placer (96)
Unnamed Cr Occurrence (13)
Unnamed Cr Occurrence (16)
Unnamed Cr Occurrence (17)
Unnamed Cr Occurrence (5)
Yellow Hill Placer Mine

Latitude: 41°15'4"N
Longitude: 122°37'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.251111111111,-122.61694444444

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.

Clay	Copper	None	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper None Quartz Serpentine Spinel

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	181764,181765	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	181748,181755	951
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	181747,181751,181752,181753,181758,181766	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	181758	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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