Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 169

mindat Locality ID: 209936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 115
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 102

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cabin Peak
Carey Ridge
Denny
Fawn Ridge
Hoboken
Marysville
New River
Pony Buttes
Pony Mountain
Potato Mountain
Virgin Creek Buttes

Latitude: 41°1'11"N
Longitude: 123°19'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.019722222222,-123.3175

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Scheelite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Scheelite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Ir O Os Pt Ru S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Scheelite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	181596	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	181595	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	181683	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	181657	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	181607,181625,181647,181657	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			3	181640,181642,181665	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	170	169	56	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	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	181596	12537
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			2	181631,181680	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	181647,181651	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	181628,181647	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			24	181600,181602,181603,181616,181622,181625,181637,181639,181642,181644,181645,181647,181648,181649,181650,181651,181652,181653,181661,181670,181672,181673,181676,181683	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)			1	181638	47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru			1	181656	46
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	181672	4894

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-88110	170	169	169+1/-0					88110						96632	Manzanita Placer Mine, Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-88111	170	169	169+1/-0					88111						96632	Manzanita Placer Mine, Denny, New River District, Salmon Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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