Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alleghany, Alleghany District (Forest District), Sierra Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alleghany, Alleghany District (Forest District), Sierra Co., California, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
16 To 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine)
Belmont & Annex Mine
Continental Mine
Del Norte & Scotia Mine
Docile Mine (Loosner Claim; Docile Claim)
Dreadnaught Mine
Eldorado Mine (Terrible; Eldorado Extension; Eldorado Ext)
French Ravine Placer
Gold Crown Mine (Wonder Mine; Sherman Mine)
Golden Hope Placer
Golden King Mine
Iroquois Mine (Iroquois Prospect)
Mammoth Springs Mine (Contact Mine)
Maple Grove Placer Mine
Mayflower Mine
Minnesota Development Group Mine (Minnesota Development Gp.)
Minnie D & Lucky Larry Mine (Minnie D And Lucky Larry; Minnie D Claim; Lucky Larry Claim)
Minnie D Extension Mine
Monroe Consolidated Group Mine (Monroe Cons Gp.)
Morning Glory Mine
Morning Sun Mine (Morning Sun Claim)
Mugwump Mine (Young America Mine; Diamond Peak Mine)
Natoma Placer Mine
Oceola Mine
Rao Mine
Rising Sun Mine (Cedar & Baltimore; Monroe; Monroe Consolidated Group; Monroe Cons. Group; Cedar Claim; Baltimore Claim)
Sherman Mine (General Sherman)
Smiths Flat
Snowden Gravel Mine
Spoohn Mine (Spoon Mine)

Latitude: 39°28'15"N
Longitude: 120°50'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.470833333333,-120.83444444444

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite
Mica	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Marcasite
Mica None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	177215,177218,177240	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	177215,177222,177240	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	177215,177218,177219,177222,177223,177230,177232,177245,177250	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	177215,177218,177223,177232	27770
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	177218	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	177218,177222,177223,177240	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	177215	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	177223,177230,177240	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	37	177215,177216,177217,177218,177219,177220,177221,177222,177223,177225,177226,177227,177228,177229,177230,177231,177232,177234,177235,177236,177238,177239,177240,177241,177242,177243,177244,177245,177246,177248,177249,177250,177251,177252,177253,177254,177256	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	177215,177239	2812
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	177222	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	177215	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	177215,177218,177219,177222,177223,177243	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	177215	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	177218	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	177218	247
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	177215	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	177215,177218,177222,177224,177225,177227,177230,177232,177234,177236,177238,177240,177241,177243,177250	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	177215,177216,177217,177218,177219,177220,177221,177222,177223,177224,177225,177226,177227,177228,177229,177230,177232,177234,177235,177236,177238,177239,177240,177241,177242,177243,177244,177245,177248,177249,177250,177252,177253,177254,177256	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	177218	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	177222,177232,177240	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	177240	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	177215	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	177215,177218,177223	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	177230,177240	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	177222	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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