Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bonanza King Lookout, Bonanza King, Trinity Fork District (Trinity District), Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 240888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonanza King Lookout, Bonanza King, Trinity Fork District (Trinity District), Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bonanza King Mine (Bonanza Queen)
Cinderella Prospect
Copper Creek Placer Mine (Rainbow No. 1)
Copper Queen Mine (Copper Queen Lode; Copper Queen Group)
Headstrom Occurrence
Hill Top Mine
Katie Foley Placer
Le Blanc Prospect
Malachite No. 1 Claim
Ott Occurrence
Pacific Gold Dredge Company Mine
Rainbow Mines (Rainbow No. 1 Mine; Rainbow No. 2 Mine; Rainbow No. 3 Mine; Rainbow No. 4 Mine; Rainbow Prospect)
Starvation Gulch Placer
United Trinity Mine (Trinity Bonanza King)
Unnamed Au Mine (3)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (12)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (4)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (6)
Unnamed Fe Claims (2)

Latitude: 41°4'42"N
Longitude: 122°38'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.078333333333,-122.64861111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	None	Quartz	Spinel	Talc

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper None Quartz Spinel Talc

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	181996	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	181996	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	181996	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	181996	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	181995,181996,182003,182005,182006,182007	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	181998	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	181996,182006,182007	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	182006	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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