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Locality Name:
Green Mountain District (Ben Hur District), Mariposa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green Mountain District (Ben Hur District), Mariposa Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Copper Hill
Green Mountain
Illinois Hill

Latitude: 37°17'57"N
Longitude: 120°1'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.299166666667,-120.01805555556
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 Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBerylChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelStaurolite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52162794,1627991310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23162794,162799,1628005509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11628005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23162791,162794,16280027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1162800966
Copper  (*)CopperCu11628003846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11628002970
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41162799445
Gold  (*)CopperAu2162799,16280230554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24162793,162794,162799,16280012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22162794,16280039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83162791,162794,1628009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24162791,162794,162799,16280261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11627995186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116279421482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1162799978


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