Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sonora, Sonora District, East Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 216274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sonora, Sonora District, East Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Arroyo Gravel Mine
B. Brown W. E. Finch A. D. Hunter Property
Baer Prospect
Bald Mountain
Behlow Fischer Placer (Behlow Extension)
Cowen Occurrence
Darkie Placer
Dickey Boy Occurrence
Dorsey Occurrence
Etna Prospect
Fairview Mine (Fairview Claim; Last Chance Claim; Colby)
Fisher Behlow & Extension Placer
G. Bardoli And Brothers Quarry
Gerrymander Consolidated Mine (Gerrymander Cons Mine)
Gold Hill
Golden Gate Mine (Golden Sulphuret Mine)
Golden Sulphurst Occurrence (Dorothy No. 1)
Hathway Placer (Hathaway)
Hope Mine
Independent Placer
Julia Mine (Julian)
Kaiser Occurrence
Kincaid Flat Placer Claim
Mansfield Placer Mine
Manzanita Mine
May And Hunter Occurrence
McCormick Estate
McPherson Ranch Property
O'Hara Mine (Franklin Mine)
Page Mine (Simonich)
Peppermint Falls Claim
Rainbow Mine
San Guiseppe Claim
Scorpion Claim
Sell Mine
South Of Sonora
Southern Extension Golden Sulphuret Mine
Stockton Mine
Table Mountain
Tanzy Mine
Unidentified Placer Au Workings [25]
Unnamed Limestone Deposit [1]
US Lime Products Prospect
Vandelier Mine

Latitude: 37°58'39"N
Longitude: 120°22'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.9775,-120.38083333333

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.

Clay	Copper	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Talc

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 H Mg O Pb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper None Quartz Rocksalt Talc

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Petzite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	3	183085,183099,183105	489
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	18	183071,183073,183080,183083,183084,183085,183086,183089,183090,183091,183094,183095,183099,183100,183105,183108,183110,183113	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	183085	804
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	183072,183085	409
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	183089	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	183070	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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