Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moccasin, New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 272820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moccasin, New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Analcime	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Scapolite	Spinel	Titanite

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Scapolite Spinel Titanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marialite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	100	100	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	100	100	1627
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	100	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	100	100	139
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100	100	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	100	100	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	100	4899

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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