Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colusa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colusa Co., California, USA": 65
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
American Mine
Coast Ranges
Smithville
Stony Creek

Latitude: 39°14'38"N
Longitude: 122°30'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.243888888889,-122.50388888889

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Gadolinite
Garnet	Lawsonite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur

Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*
Valentinite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Gadolinite
Garnet Lawsonite Malachite Marcasite Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	153559	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	153585	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	153564,153566,153582,153602	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	153570,153577,153589,153601	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	153539	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	153589	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	9	153546,153547,153567,153569,153572,153594,153599,153601,153603	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	11	153564,153584,153585,153588,153589,153590,153591,153592,153595,153597,153601	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	153544,153566,153570	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	153544,153566,153570	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	153571,153601	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	153557,153560	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	153577	138
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	153580,153584,153585,153587,153589	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	153557,153560	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	3	153577,153585,153601	341
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	153559	121
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	153570	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	153589	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	153589	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	153587	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	153575,153590,153592,153593,153597	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	153571,153601	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	153601	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	153585,153587	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	153564	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	153568,153575,153587,153595,153597	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	153577,153589	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	153585,153589,153592	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	153544	1101
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	153589	369
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	153571	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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