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Locality Name:
Almanor District, Plumas Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 64709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almanor District, Plumas Co., California, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Almanor
Canyondam
East Shore

Latitude: 40°11'6"N
Longitude: 121°5'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.185,-121.09111111111

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: Au Ba Cr Cu Fe Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteCopperNoneQuartzRhodoniteSpinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6167822,167823,167826,167830,167850,16785311547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22167831,16783227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44004003167834,167849,1678513902
Gold  (*)CopperAu5167820,167821,167825,167837,16783830554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22167831,16783261156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1167852969



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-00221400400Ordovician-Devonian? (fossils); 1318-561 Ma U-Pb detrital zircon       Cr86459Poodle Dog Claim, Canyondam, Almanor District, Plumas Co., California, USAPoodle Dog ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00220400400Ordovician-Devonian? (fossils); 1318-561 Ma U-Pb detrital zircon       Cr86697Wolf Creek Claim (Gold Stripes Mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canyondam, Almanor District, Plumas Co., California, USAWolf Creek ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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