Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 215531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boulder Peak
Eldenlow Claim
Ramshorn Summit

Latitude: 41°9'15"N
Longitude: 122°32'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.154166666667,-122.54194444444

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Garnet	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel	Stibnite	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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: As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Garnet Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Spinel Stibnite Vivianite

17 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	181896	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	181873	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	181916	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	181896	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	181916	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	465	465	15	181867,181870,181871,181872,181873,181874,181876,181877,181880,181882,181883,181884,181886,181902,181906	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			8	181896,181897,181898,181904,181907,181908,181910,181911	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	181879,181885,181900,181909,181915	30554
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	181883	172
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	181907	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	181916	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			2	181896,181907	397
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	181896,181916	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	181896,181909,181915	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	181896	3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	181893	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	465	465	1	181877	212

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
	podchrome-00304	465	465	Ordovician										Cr	96844	Section 14 Claim, Crow Creek Group (Chapman-Kirby Claims; McConnell-Kirby), Boulder Peak, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA	Section 14	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00305	465	465	Ordovician										Cr	240604	Munko Prospect (Ruby Lily), Boulder Peak, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA	Munko Claims	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

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