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Locality Name:
Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mariposa, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Apolinaris Mine
Black Spring Mine
Copper Queen I Mine
Cripple Creek Mine
Gilmore Vein Mine
Grizzly Gulch Mine
Heiser Mine
Kane Mine
Lawerence L. Zollars Property
Lonesome Pine Mine
Long Borrow Pit
Lucky Lady Placer Mine
Mariposa Creek Placer Mine (Trebor Dredge)
Mariposa Estate
Mariposa Mine
Missouri Gulch Mine
Mount Buckingham Group (Crown Point; Vanderbilt; Sunset III)
Nigger Hill Deposit (Negro Hill Deposit)
Paines Shaft Mine
Phoebe Mine
Stepping Stones Claims (Fools Choice; Elizabeth; Night Hawk)
Stockton Creek And Stockton Creek Tunnel Mine
Texas Gulch Mine
Thomas And Bousson Mine
Tomboy Mine (Tomhoy; Raven; Bald Eagle; Donald Mac)
Unnamed Au Placer [36]
Unspecified Hg-Au Mine [1]
Unspecified Mariposa Area Occurrences
Wet Branch Mine

Latitude: 37°29'6"N
Longitude: 119°57'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.485,-119.96388888889
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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511629561310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211629533092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11629439052
Copper  (*)CopperCu11629423846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11629424165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116294724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11162940,162941,162943,162944,162945,162947,162951,162952,162954,162956,16296630554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116295317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23162947,162954,16295639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28162940,162941,162943,162944,162945,162947,162954,16295661156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511629671516
Silver  (*)CopperAg11629665186


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