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Locality Name:
Hornitos, Hornitos District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 211938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hornitos, Hornitos District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Anderson Occurrence [1]
Barker Corporation Dredge Grounds
Calderon Mine
Crocker - Huffman Land And Water Company Property
D. M. Poole Mine
Domingas Occurrence
Duncan Mine (Lost Douglas Mine)
Gardosa Prospect
Gonzales Mine (Houghton And Gonzales Mine)
Josie Claims (Key Lode; Key Lode Extension)
Lucky Quartz Mine
Miller's Ranch
Spangler Mine
Unidentified Au Mine [12]
Unnamed Au Property [42]
Unnamed Au Property [51]
Unnamed Au Prospect [17]
Unnamed Au Prospect [59]
Unnamed Pyrite-Quartz Occurrence [1]
Washington Mine (Red Cloud Mine; Johnny Lind Mine; Jenny Lind Mine)

Latitude: 37°30'24"N
Longitude: 120°14'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.506666666667,-120.23416666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSulphur

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511633061310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211633143092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116331427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116331424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6163296,163298,163299,163301,163303,16331430554
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311633141425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23163301,163313,16331439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25163299,163301,163303,163313,16331461156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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