Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stirling City District, Butte Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 246315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stirling City District, Butte Co., California, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Inskip
Stirling City

Latitude: 39°57'48"N
Longitude: 121°32'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.963333333333,-121.54666666667

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	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 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 Spinel Talc

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	151843	3902
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	151836,151837,151838,151840,151841,151844,151845,151846,151848,151849,151851,151853,151854,151857,151858,151859,151861,151862,151864,151865,151866	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	151836,151837,151838,151840,151841,151844,151845,151846,151848,151849,151851,151853,151854,151857,151858,151861,151862,151864,151866	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	151844	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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