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


mindat Locality ID: 211535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bagby, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Alice Quartz II Mine
Bagby Bridge
Charcoal Flat
Combination Mine
Croesus Mine (Croesus Prospect; Crown Prince)
David Gulch-Flyaway Gulch Divide
Evans I Mine
Formation Logging Company Mine
Fremont Placer
Hidden Treasure Mine (Sixteen To One Mine)
Jubilee Mine
Live Oak And Governor Mine (White Oak Group; Stud Horse Flat Group; Live Oak Group)
Lucky Nos. 1 And 2 Placer Mine
Mariposa Talc Mine
Merced River I Mine
Monster Mine (Munster Mine)
No Mine (Henry Lee Souter)
Oom Paul Mine
Pacific Mining Co. Group
Platinum King Mine (Platinum King Extension Claim; Platinum Queen Claim; Inspiration Claim; Platinum King Claim)
Queen Specimen Mine
Red Bank Mine
Red Oak Mine
River Tunnel Mine
Shaw Talc Deposit (Talc Claim; Talc Extension Claim)
Specimen; Pershing; And Specimen Extension Mine
Sweetwater I Mine (Southern Cross Claim; Bonanza Claim; Sweetwater Claim)
Tweedy Placer Mine
Unnamed Au Prospect [4]
Unnamed Nephrite Occurrence [1] (Jade-bearing Area)
Victory Copper Prospect
Welch And Farney Deposit
Wheeler Gulch Mine
Yosemite Railroad Placer (Washington)
Yosemite Talc Prospect

Latitude: 37°37'24"N
Longitude: 120°8'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.623333333333,-120.13722222222
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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMicaMilleriteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteTalcTetrahedriteVivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Népouite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11628298803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211628493092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11628499052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116284927198
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1162849814
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121162849663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2162840,16284924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu20162827,162832,162833,162835,162836,162838,162839,162840,162841,162843,162844,162845,162846,162848,162849,162852,162853,162856,162857,16285830554
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11628491066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116284917380
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4116284966
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1162849633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1162849767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22162840,16284939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811628339056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215162827,162829,162832,162833,162835,162836,162838,162839,162840,162844,162846,162849,162853,162856,16285761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116284921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23162842,162855,1628653337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1162849190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311628495317


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