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:
Banner And Central Mine (Central Mine; Lava Cap Mine; Assissi Quartz Mine), Lava Cap-Banner-Central Group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City District, Nevada Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 83844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-83844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Banner And Central Mine (Central Mine; Lava Cap Mine; Assissi Quartz Mine), Lava Cap-Banner-Central Group (Central Consolidated; South Banner; North Banner), Banner Mountain (Banner Hill), Nevada City District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Banner Mine
Central Consolidated Quartz Mine (Central Mine; Central Con Qtz.; Central Con)

Latitude: 39°14'10"N
Longitude: 120°58'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.236111111111,-120.97055555556

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.

Acanthite	Copper	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

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 Au Ca Cu O S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ca Cu O S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Copper None Quartz Scheelite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	165864	30554
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	165864	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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