Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 3446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°1'17"N
Longitude: 120°30'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.021388888889,-120.50361111111

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.

Amorphous	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Melonite ()*
Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Melonite Millerite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	100	100	489
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	100	100	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	100	100	169
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	100	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	100	100	804
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	100	100	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	100	100	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	100	100	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	100	100	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	100	100	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	100	100	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	100	100	190

1 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
	Mo-00156	100	100								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	16293	Calaveras Co., California, USA	Calaveras County	Brock (1972)	10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2	GSAB83_3391

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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