Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cherry Hill Deposit, Wilbur Springs, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Coast Ranges, Colusa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 73314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cherry Hill Deposit, Wilbur Springs, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Coast Ranges, Colusa Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Central Mine (Central-Empire Group; Empire Mine; Little Giant; Hidden Treasure - Mercury Queen; Mercury King; Dewey)
Manzanita Mine (Cherry Hill Mine; Cerise Mine)
Wide Awake Mine (Buckeye Mine)
Wilbur Hill Mine (Abbott Mine)

Latitude: 39°2'0"N
Longitude: 122°25'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.033333333333,-122.425

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Valentinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	153589	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	153589	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	153588,153589,153590,153591	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	153589	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	153589	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	153589	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	153590	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	153589	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	153589	2045
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	153589	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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