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Locality Name:
Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°22'6"N
Longitude: 123°27'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.368333333333,-123.45166666667
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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteClayCopperDigeniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPumpellyiteQuartzSpinelSulphur

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Ansermetite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Digenite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Inesite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)
Malachite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Ansermetite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+V5+2O6·4H2O09
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)80173
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O050
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O015
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)0186
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R090030Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R090030

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