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Locality Name:
Red Mountain, Upper Hayfork Creek Area, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 240764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Mountain, Upper Hayfork Creek Area, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Black Hawk Occurrence
Compton Occurrence
Evalina Occurrenco Mine (Evalina Mine; Dry Camp)
Goat Camp Occurrence
I Wonder Occurrence
Jewett Occurrence
Lucky Bill Prospect (Lucky Bill Property; Johnston; Old Bill Mine; Old Bill Prospect; Old Bill Property)
Murphy-Bramlette Prospect
Weed Prospect (Ward)
Wilson-Sylvester Claim (Black Diamond Calso Group)

Latitude: 40°19'9"N
Longitude: 123°6'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.319166666667,-123.10333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Cr Fe H K Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayMicaNoneOlivinePyriteRhodoniteRutileSpinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Bementite  (*)Chromite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81182059173
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43182054,182055,1820573902
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41182059350
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2118206217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2118206039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211820613106
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11820591711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1182059969
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1182059240


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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