Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 240900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minersville District, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA": 79
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 74

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bowerman Peak
Estrellita
Minersville
Pettijohn Mountain
Trinity Dam

Latitude: 40°49'55"N
Longitude: 122°46'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.831944444444,-122.77638888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Talc

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pt S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Spinel Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	181425	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	181425,181455	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	181455	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	181433,181436	3902
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38	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	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	181425	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	181467	14640
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	181437,181448	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	181477	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	181425	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	181425,181426,181452,181455,181467,181471,181474,181475,181477,181483,181488,181493,181496	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	181478	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...