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


mindat Locality ID: 30636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Coast Ranges, Colusa Co., California, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cold Spring Mountain
Head Of Sulphur Creek
Simmins Spring
Sulphur Creek Deposit
Wilbur Springs

Latitude: 39°3'44"N
Longitude: 122°26'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.062222222222,-122.43944444444
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 Au B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGadoliniteMarcasiteMicaMordenite
NonePectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Datolite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Gold  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61153585966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11535823250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2153589,15360127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115358927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43153594,153599,1536013902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS10153584,153585,153588,153589,153590,153591,153592,153595,153597,1536012600
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1153601498
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O0138
Gold  (*)CopperAu5153580,153584,153585,153587,15358930554
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2153585,153601341
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211535895674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1153589255
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2115358717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O4153590,153592,153593,1535972994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1153601363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211536011898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22153585,15358739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23153587,153595,15359761156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311535893418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3153585,153589,1535922045
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31153589369


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