Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 20926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°45'58"N
Longitude: 120°15'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.766111111111,-120.2525

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	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite
Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Zemannite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Choloalite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Keystoneite ()*	Kuranakhite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mcalpineite ()*	Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Owyheeite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Malachite
Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Vivianite Zemannite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	5.3	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5.3	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	5.3	489
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	5.3	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5.3	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	5.3	1382
Choloalite ()*	None	(Pb,Ca)₃(Cu,Sb)₃Te₆O₁₈Cl	5.3	7
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5.3	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5.3	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	5.3	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5.3	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	5.3	804
Keystoneite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5NiFe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·4H₂O	5.3	4
Kuranakhite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺Te⁶⁺O₆	5.3	7
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	5.3	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.3	12537
Mcalpineite ()*	None	Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₆	5.3	12
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	5.3	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	5.3	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	5.3	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	5.3	89
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	5.3	767
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	5.3	409
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	5.3	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5.3	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	5.3	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5.3	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5.3	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00034	5.3	0		?-?						Yes		Imiterite	Hg	3581	Golden Rule Mine, Jumper & Golden Rule Group (Jumper Mine; Jumper Claim; Jumper Deposit; New Era Claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown Group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070140	McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070140
R070660	McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070660
R070661	McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070661

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