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


mindat Locality ID: 209308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 85
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 81

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Colorado Area
Colorado District
Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch)

Latitude: 37°33'42"N
Longitude: 119°59'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.561666666667,-119.98972222222
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 Mg O Pb Pt S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltTalcTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211630543092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3163042,163054,1630669052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4163042,163054,163066,16309527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25163036,163050,163095,163101,16311027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6163042,163054,163066,163095,163101,16311024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu49163029,163030,163031,163033,163034,163035,163036,163037,163042,163045,163046,163048,163050,163053,163054,163056,163058,163059,163061,163062,163063,163064,163065,163066,163067,163068,163069,163070,163071,163073,163074,163075,163077,163078,163082,163083,163087,163089,163091,163092,163093,163095,163096,163099,163100,163101,163106,163107,16311030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11630432812
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116307817380
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1163107485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27163042,163050,163054,163091,163095,163101,16311039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82163042,1630549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232163029,163031,163034,163035,163037,163042,163043,163050,163053,163054,163056,163058,163059,163061,163063,163064,163065,163067,163068,163069,163071,163073,163074,163078,163083,163087,163091,163093,163095,163100,163101,16310661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11630545186
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23163036,163043,1630563337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311630665317


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