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Locality Name:
Mohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance District, Diamond Mts, Plumas Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mohawk Mine, Adams Peak, Last Chance District, Diamond Mts, Plumas Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°54'17"N
Longitude: 120°7'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.904722222222,-120.13222222222
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: Ag Al As B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P S Si Te U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P S Si Te U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeMalachiteMelanterite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteTourmalineWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuth  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Dravite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O058
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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