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Locality Name:
Coulterville, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 156406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coulterville, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 63

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Adelaide And Anderson Mines
Alba Mine (Orofino Mine; Mastedon Mine)
American Mine
Anderson Occurrence (2)
Anita Mine
Big Break Mine (Contact Lode; Big Break Extension No. 1)
Big Chick Placer Mine
Billings Mine [2]
Black Horse Mine
Black Jack Mine
Black Sam Mine (Yellow Pine Mine)
Blossom Mine (Sixteen-To-One Mine)
Blue Jay Occurrence
Bozeman Prospect
Bull Dog Prospect (Mammoth; Columbia; Eureka; Bonanza; Bonaza Bug; Jumper; Sunset)
Butte Mine
Cabinet Mine
Castagnetto IV Mine (Carson Claim; Carson 1 Claim; Carson 2 Claim; Bouvier Claim)
Champion I Mine
Chateau Mine
Consolidated Eureka II Mine (Lafayette & Eastern Star Mine; Eastern Star; Eureka II Mine; Lafayette)
Coulterville Area
Crystal Mine (Penobscott Mine)
Glendire Mine
Horseshoe Bend Mountain
Little Judge Mine
Lucky Seven Placer Mine
Malvina Group (Potosi-Malvina Group)
Mary Harrison Group
Miles Mine
Montana Mine
Penon Blanco Mines
Peñon Blanco Peak
Reed Property
Tyro Mine (Rittershoffen Mine)
West Of Coulterville

Latitude: 37°42'2"N
Longitude: 120°12'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.700555555556,-120.20166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl O P Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparMeloniteMicaMillerite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
SulphurTalcTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bementite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Melonite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2163180,1631988803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1163198489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)25163153,163179,163185,163188,1632013092
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81163156173
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411631575516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116315727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24163135,163157,163198,16320027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43163168,163195,1631993902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4163157,163162,163170,1631712600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11632004165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211631989895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121163156663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6163135,163153,163154,163179,163181,16319824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu37163135,163136,163139,163140,163141,163143,163144,163145,163146,163151,163152,163153,163154,163155,163157,163158,163160,163165,163166,163167,163173,163174,163176,163177,163178,163179,163182,163183,163184,163185,163187,163188,163190,163191,163194,163198,16320030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11631982812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1163198804
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11631981487
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21163198207
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11631981066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24163180,163185,163188,16319817380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1163198767
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21163198409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24163135,163153,163182,16319839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811631989056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO230163136,163139,163140,163143,163144,163145,163146,163152,163153,163154,163155,163158,163160,163165,163171,163173,163176,163177,163178,163179,163183,163184,163185,163187,163188,163190,163191,163194,163198,16320061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22163188,1631985614
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31163198531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116319821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11631702045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22163180,1631983337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311631985317


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