Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Lincoln Consolidated Mine (Lincoln Mine; Wildman Mine; Mahoney Mine; South Mahoney Mine; Steward Mine; Belmont Mine; Wildman-Mahoney Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 73740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Consolidated Mine (Lincoln Mine; Wildman Mine; Mahoney Mine; South Mahoney Mine; Steward Mine; Belmont Mine; Wildman-Mahoney Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lincoln Mine (Lincoln Claim; Stewart Claim; Belmont Claim)
Lincoln-Comet Mine (Lincoln Project; Sutter Gold Mine)
Mahoney Mine (Mahoney Prospect)
Wildman Mine

Latitude: 38°23'55"N
Longitude: 120°48'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.398611111111,-120.80472222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	151187,151188	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	151187,151188	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	151187,151188	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	151188	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	151187,151188,151189	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	151187	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	151187,151188	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	151187,151188	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	151187	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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