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Locality Name:
Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 465
Youngest recorded age at locality: 122.69925

mindat Locality ID: 96956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-96956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 1271
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1120

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Barker Mountain
Big Bar
Boulder Peak Area
Burnt Ranch
Canyon Creek District
Caribou Mountain
Carrville District
Castle Rock
Cedar Flat
Chilcoot Creek-Bear Creek Area
Coffee District (Coffee Creek District)
Covington Mill
Deadwood District
Del Loma
Dubakella Mountain
Hamburg Area
Harmon
Hawkins Bar
Hayfork District
Hyampom
Indian Valley District
Ironside Mountain
Junction City District
Lake Mountain
Little Bear Lake
Minersville District
Monument Peak
Pony Buck Peak
Preachers Peak
Red Rock Mountain
Salmon Mts
Scott Mts
Shingle Shanty
South Fork District
South Fork Trinity River
Thompson Peak
Trinity Alps Mts
Trinity Center
Trinity Mts
Trinity Village
Upper Hayfork Creek Area
Weaverville District
Willow Creek District
Ycatapom Peak

Latitude: 40°49'51"N
Longitude: 123°3'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.830833333333,-123.06611111111
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 Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteBerylBrauniteCalciteCerite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparGarnetIronKaolinite
MalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlandite
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodesiteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTridymiteVivianiteWollastonite

82 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Halite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Iron  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kenyaite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Magadiite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mountainite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Revdite  (*)Rhodesite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rutheniridosmine  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silhydrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tephroite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Whitlockite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11810258803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22181538,1818963092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1181873445
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22181090,181100718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11819353250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2182156,1821669052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23181596,181788,1819165509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4181425,181595,181896,18206611547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)85181239,181331,181509,181926,182059173
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182181133,1812414286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411817885516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)2181239,181331483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)153.34125.4614181025,181030,181052,181087,181098,181103,181105,181106,181156,181191,181425,181455,181683,18199627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23182156,182207,1822095171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1181657925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3181548,181703,1819965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS222181030,181032,181052,181087,181096,181106,181278,181358,181455,181548,181571,181607,181625,181647,181657,181800,181805,181916,181918,181971,181972,18199627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O446516477181060,181069,181132,181185,181236,181237,181238,181250,181264,181265,181284,181298,181307,181312,181315,181323,181324,181325,181326,181342,181343,181349,181352,181353,181356,181362,181433,181436,181501,181502,181506,181732,181733,181743,181764,181765,181769,181776,181778,181783,181792,181796,181799,181836,181867,181870,181871,181872,181873,181874,181876,181877,181880,181882,181883,181884,181886,181902,181906,181933,181936,181939,182038,182039,182044,182054,182055,182057,182068,182070,182071,182072,182073,182074,182075,182076,1820793902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44181090,181748,181755,182042951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS13180998,181640,181642,181665,181896,181897,181898,181904,181907,181908,181910,181911,1819962600
Copper  (*)CopperCu3181403,181703,1817883846
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21181344453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11817882970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611810704135
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2181830,182112345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16181025,181103,181106,181121,181191,181197,181203,181204,181206,181218,181278,181516,181538,181976,182135,18217224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu170125.46531180963,180965,180966,180970,180971,180972,180973,180974,180975,180976,180977,180978,180981,180982,180983,180989,180993,180999,181000,181005,181006,181008,181009,181010,181011,181013,181018,181022,181024,181025,181026,181027,181028,181029,181030,181031,181032,181033,181034,181035,181037,181042,181043,181045,181046,181047,181050,181051,181055,181057,181058,181064,181065,181066,181067,181068,181073,181075,181077,181078,181079,181080,181084,181085,181087,181088,181091,181093,181094,181095,181096,181097,181098,181102,181103,181104,181105,181106,181107,181109,181112,181113,181114,181115,181119,181120,181121,181122,181127,181129,181130,181132,181135,181138,181139,181140,181142,181147,181148,181150,181156,181158,181159,181160,181161,181162,181163,181165,181166,181167,181173,181177,181178,181179,181181,181188,181189,181190,181191,181192,181194,181195,181197,181198,181199,181200,181201,181202,181203,181204,181205,181206,181207,181208,181209,181210,181211,181218,181219,181221,181225,181226,181229,181230,181231,181234,181247,181248,181254,181255,181256,181257,181260,181262,181263,181268,181269,181270,181273,181274,181275,181276,181277,181278,181282,181283,181286,181294,181297,181299,181300,181301,181303,181310,181316,181317,181318,181320,181321,181332,181348,181364,181365,181366,181367,181368,181371,181373,181374,181375,181377,181378,181379,181380,181381,181383,181385,181386,181388,181389,181390,181392,181393,181397,181398,181401,181402,181404,181406,181407,181408,181410,181425,181426,181428,181431,181432,181435,181437,181444,181445,181448,181449,181451,181452,181454,181455,181457,181458,181460,181461,181463,181464,181466,181467,181471,181473,181474,181477,181481,181483,181484,181488,181489,181490,181491,181493,181494,181495,181496,181515,181516,181519,181523,181528,181529,181532,181534,181538,181539,181540,181541,181542,181546,181547,181548,181550,181551,181554,181555,181558,181559,181560,181561,181562,181565,181568,181569,181570,181575,181576,181578,181580,181588,181597,181599,181600,181601,181602,181603,181604,181608,181611,181612,181613,181615,181616,181617,181619,181622,181624,181625,181626,181628,181629,181630,181631,181632,181633,181635,181637,181638,181639,181644,181645,181648,181649,181650,181652,181653,181659,181661,181667,181669,181670,181671,181672,181673,181676,181680,181681,181682,181683,181684,181687,181690,181691,181692,181693,181694,181695,181696,181697,181698,181699,181700,181701,181704,181707,181713,181714,181718,181719,181721,181723,181725,181728,181729,181747,181751,181752,181753,181758,181766,181772,181786,181795,181801,181811,181813,181819,181820,181826,181827,181833,181834,181839,181840,181841,181842,181845,181849,181850,181851,181853,181856,181858,181879,181885,181900,181909,181915,181920,181937,181943,181944,181945,181948,181949,181950,181951,181952,181953,181954,181955,181956,181957,181958,181959,181960,181962,181966,181970,181971,181972,181973,181975,181976,181977,181978,181979,181988,181995,181996,182003,182005,182006,182007,182013,182015,182022,182025,182032,182047,182048,182049,182050,182085,182087,182088,182089,182091,182092,182095,182102,182103,182105,182106,182107,182108,182109,182110,182111,182113,182115,182116,182119,182120,182121,182123,182124,182125,182126,182129,182130,182131,182132,182133,182134,182135,182139,182140,182141,182143,182147,182148,182157,182159,182160,182161,182162,182163,182164,182165,182166,182169,182170,182171,182172,182175,182177,182178,182179,182180,182181,182182,182183,182184,182185,182186,182187,182188,182189,182190,182191,182192,182193,182194,182195,182196,182198,182199,182200,182201,182205,182208,182209,182210,182211,182212,182215,182216,182217,182218,182219,182222,182223,182225,182226,182227,18222930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2181425,1821662812
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11819351398
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41182059350
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21181516205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33181088,181467,18154914640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1181516804
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1181344367
Iridium  (*)CopperIr7181258,181276,181387,181407,181852,182122,182217162
Iron  (*)IronFe11810021089
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1181704128
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O41181883172
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411810255591
Kenyaite  (*)NoneNa2Si22O41(OH)8·6H2O11819358
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21182122226
Magadiite  (*)NoneNa2Si14O28(OH)2·8H2O118193511
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11819071487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42181923,18199814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24181252,181596,181788,18191612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211811305674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2181896,181907397
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23181830,182112,1821285800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11819351508
Mountainite  (*)NoneKNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)]·6H2O11819355
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22181737,18206217380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3118151667
Osmium  (*)NoneOs5181387,181397,181704,182122,182219169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811819181512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe22181516,181560409
Platinum  (*)CopperPt27180993,181221,181255,181262,181276,181282,181310,181321,181367,181387,181402,181405,181407,181437,181448,181631,181680,181701,181813,182047,182106,182122,182206,182217,182219,182225,182226485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS228181025,181030,181032,181037,181087,181098,181103,181106,181219,181247,181248,181252,181278,181477,181516,181548,181647,181651,181800,181805,181820,181896,181916,181918,182047,182060,182064,18213539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22181425,1820613106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83181628,181647,1819189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2153.34125.46153180963,181000,181005,181018,181022,181024,181025,181027,181028,181029,181030,181033,181034,181037,181043,181046,181050,181052,181058,181080,181085,181087,181088,181093,181096,181097,181098,181102,181103,181105,181106,181107,181109,181113,181121,181127,181130,181147,181156,181159,181167,181188,181189,181190,181197,181199,181201,181202,181203,181204,181205,181206,181207,181208,181209,181210,181211,181215,181218,181219,181247,181248,181278,181283,181300,181301,181408,181425,181426,181452,181455,181467,181471,181474,181475,181477,181483,181488,181493,181496,181516,181532,181538,181539,181541,181542,181548,181549,181550,181551,181560,181570,181571,181600,181602,181603,181616,181622,181625,181637,181639,181642,181644,181645,181647,181648,181649,181650,181651,181652,181653,181661,181670,181672,181673,181676,181683,181719,181721,181758,181819,181820,181833,181834,181896,181909,181915,181937,181944,181945,181962,181970,181971,181972,181973,181975,181976,181977,181978,181988,181996,182006,182007,182013,182015,182018,182025,182032,182135,182148,182161,182166,18217261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1181217712
Revdite  (*)NoneNa16Si16O27(OH)26·28H2O11819356
Rhodesite  (*)RhodesiteKHCa2Si8O19·5H2O118193511
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4181239,181331,181509,1820591711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)8181239,181331,181341,181354,181509,181793,181806,182059969
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)2181638,18212247
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu2181656,18170446
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3181672,181824,1821364894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11810876417
Silhydrite  (*)NoneSi3O6·H2O11819356
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5181191,181204,181538,181976,18213521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311818963418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe44181103,181516,181560,181562337
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1181002703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)26180994,181478,181935,181968,182006,1820863337
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1182059240
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23181893,181935,1819682562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21181344458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11810021044
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)34654652181060,181877212
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61181344104
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311813451247


9 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
NAVDAT-129846153.34125.46139.4±13.94  biotite129846    240904The Cedars, Coffee District (Coffee Creek District), Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
podchrome-00307164164Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)       Cr97200Yellow Pine Mine, Friend Mountain, Indian Valley District, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USAYellow PineMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
NAVDAT-88110170169169+1/-0   88110    96632Manzanita Placer Mine, Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-88111170169169+1/-0   88111    96632Manzanita Placer Mine, Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-129845149.96574122.69925136.3325+13.63324/-13.63325  biotite129845    97137Unnamed Au Placers (95), Tangle Blue Lake, Scott Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
podchrome-00304465465Ordovician       Cr96844Section 14 Claim, Crow Creek Group (Chapman-Kirby Claims; McConnell-Kirby), Boulder Peak, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USASection 14Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00305465465Ordovician       Cr240604Munko Prospect (Ruby Lily), Boulder Peak, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USAMunko ClaimsMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00309164164Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)       Cr96173Boyer Group (July Nos. 1 And 2 Claims: September Morn Claim), Wildwood, Upper Hayfork Creek Area, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USABoyer GroupMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00308164164Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)       Cr96912Sunny Slope Claim (King Kohle Claim; Triangle Claim; Cedar Gap Claim; Shamrock Claim), Collins Group, Wildwood, Upper Hayfork Creek Area, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USASunnyslope ClaimMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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