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Locality Name:
Tuolumne, Soulsbyville & Confidence District, East Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 217114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuolumne, Soulsbyville & Confidence District, East Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Agua Caliente Mine
Agus Celiente Mine (Agua Caliente Mine)
Baker Ranch Mine
Blue Jay Consolidated
Bonita Mine (Bonita Claim; Garfield Claim)
Consuella Mine
Dexter Fliming Placer
Empire Claims (Empire Mine; Empire Claim; Empire Nos. 1-3 Claims; Empire Extension Claim)
Garfield Mine
Golden West Consolidated
Goldwin Mine
Grizzly Mine
Lucky Strike Occurrence
Mayflower Group (Mayflower Claim; Lena Belle Claim; Mohican Claim; Young America Claim; Georgia Buckeye Claim)
New Years Mine
O.P. Mine (OP Mine)
Phoenix Lake Mine (Phoenix Claim; Central Claim)
Providence Mine (Providence Claim; Good Enough Claim; Consuello Claim; East Consuello Claim; East Providence Claim)
Rattlesnake Mine
Richards Mine [1] (Summers Mine)
Simonole Occurrence
Triumph Mine
Uncle Sam Mine
Unnamed Au Placer [31]
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Talc Occurrence [1]
West Deposit (West Prospect)
Worcestor Mine

Latitude: 37°57'13"N
Longitude: 120°13'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.953611111111,-120.22222222222
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 Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCopperGarnetNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltTalc

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118330024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16183283,183285,183287,183288,183290,183291,183293,183296,183297,183298,183299,183300,183301,183302,183304,18330530554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2118330039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22183288,18329161156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1183309969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32183307,1833091214
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211833083337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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