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Locality Name:
Volcanoville, Volcanoville District, El Dorado Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 388
Youngest recorded age at locality: 388

mindat Locality ID: 217050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volcanoville, Volcanoville District, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 51
Child Localities:
Amelia Mine
American Bar Placer (Winifred Shirley; Willow Bar; Willow Placer)
Apex Mine
Buckeye Hill Placer [1] (Flora)
Burt Alley Placer
California & Virginia Placer Mines (California And Virginia)
Carpenter Ranch Placer
Channel Bend Mine (Barnes; Bend; Gray Eagle Bar; McCall)
Chrome Divide Group
Collins & Patterson Claim
Cooley Placer
Duffy Property
Edinborough Placer
Garfield Mine
Gray Eagle Cliff Prospect
Hill-Top Chrome Mine
Hope Placer
Horseshoe Bar & Boston Bar Placer
Independence Placer
Jay E. Russel Claim
Josephine Mine (Shields Mine)
Josephine Placer
Kates Mine (Norris Mine; Morris Consolidated Placer Mine)
Knoff Mine (Austin Mine; Ladue Property; Federwitz; Knoff Austin; Bald Mountains)
Last Chance Mine [3]
Lookout And K. K. Mine
McAloney Placer
Middle Fork Mine (Roosevelt)
Mississippi Mine
Missouri Placer
Montana Mine
Mount Gregory Placer
Murzo Mine (Brass)
Novis Placer
Ogle Mine
Paymaster Mine
Perkins Consolidated Group (California Claim; Manhattan Claim; Perkins Claim)
Quartz Canyon Placer
Red Diggings Prospect
Ruby Consolidated Mine (Green Mine)
Santa Rosa Mine
Spring Canyon Placer
Trench Mine (Yellow Jacket)
Unspecified Diamond Occurrences [3]
Unspecified Fe Occurrence [1]
Wabash Deep Channel Mine
Webster Mine
Wiedebush Mine
Wilton Mine
Winfred Shirley Placer (American Bar; Willow Bar)
Worthington Placer

Latitude: 38°58'43"N
Longitude: 120°47'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.978611111111,-120.78333333333

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: Al Au C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChloriteClayCopperDiamondGarnetNoneQuartzSpinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diamond  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43883886155226,155232,155239,155247,155258,1552633902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82155247,1552631756
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1155267697
Gold  (*)CopperAu25155224,155225,155227,155229,155231,155233,155234,155237,155240,155241,155244,155246,155248,155249,155251,155252,155254,155255,155259,155261,155263,155266,155270,155271,15527430554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4115526814899
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212155233,155237,155244,155248,155249,155251,155254,155259,155263,155266,155270,15527161156
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)31155247212



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-00129388388pre-Early Devonian-Jurassic (388±17 Ma U-Pb zircon from felsic igneous rocks; 174 Ma K-Ar white mica from blueschists)       Cr78002Ogle Mine, Volcanoville, Volcanoville District, El Dorado Co., California, USAOgleMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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