Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 210299
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210299.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amador City, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Amador Central Mine
Boyson Prospect
Bunker Hill Mine (Nevada Claim; Mayflower Claim; Bunker Hill Claim; South Mayflaver; Rancheria)
El Dorado Mine (Eldorado Mine; Mayon Mine)
Keystone Mine (Keystone Group; Keystone Claim; Spring Hill Claim; Geneva Claim; Granite State Claim; Niagara Claim; East Keystone Claim)
Mayflower Mine
Niagara Mine
North Star Mine
Original Amador Mine (Eclipse Mine; Little Amador Mine; Original Amador Claim; East Amador Claim; Amador Wedge Claim; Great Eastern Claim; Eclipse Extension Claim; Last Chance Claim)
South Keystone Mine
South Spring Hill Mine (Medean Claim; Talisman [Herbertville] Claim)
Spring Hill Mine (Herbertville; Talisman)
Two Unidentified Mining Locations
Unnamed Au Mine [41]
Unnamed Au Prospect [12] (Min. Seg.; Patented [?])
Wonder Mine

Latitude: 38°25'3"N
Longitude: 120°49'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.4175,-120.81916666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Löllingite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Stibnite

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: Al As Au Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Löllingite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Stibnite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Löllingite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	150976,150982	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	150978	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	150978	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	11	150976,150977,150978,150981,150982,150983,150985,150986,150987,150988,150992	30554
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	150979	762
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	150982	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	150976,150978,150982,150992	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	150976,150977,150978,150982,150987,150992	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	150978	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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