Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 82415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-82415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oro Rico Mine (Penon Blanco Mine), Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°44'50"N
Longitude: 120°14'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.747222222222,-120.23611111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Melonite ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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