Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 149.96574
Youngest recorded age at locality: 122.69925

mindat Locality ID: 240865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scott Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Scott Mountain
Sherer Ridge
Tangle Blue Lake

Latitude: 41°14'56"N
Longitude: 122°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.248888888889,-122.66638888889

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	4	181743,181764,181765,181769	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

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
	NAVDAT-129845	149.96574	122.69925	136.3325+13.63324/-13.63325				biotite	129845						97137	Unnamed Au Placers (95), Tangle Blue Lake, Scott Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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