Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Hayden Hill District, Lassen Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 28441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hayden Hill District, Lassen Co., California, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hayden Hill [town]

Latitude: 40°59'29"N
Longitude: 120°52'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.991388888889,-120.8725

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11609482793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11609488803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11609489052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116094811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116094827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116094827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11609482600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11609488173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116094824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11609487437
Gold  (*)CopperAu8160940,160941,160943,160946,160948,160949,160950,16095130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116094814640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11609571487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211609485674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11609481508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116094817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22160948,16095039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22160946,1609483106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811609489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25160941,160942,160946,160948,16095061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116094821482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...