Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hite Cove District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 217355
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217355.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hite Cove District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hite Cove
Peachtree Bar

Latitude: 37°37'8"N
Longitude: 119°49'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.618888888889,-119.82194444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Na O Pb Pt S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	162612	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	162613,162618	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	162619	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	162595,162614	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	162589,162590,162593,162594,162595,162596,162597,162598,162600,162605,162606,162609,162611,162614	30554
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	162612	140
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	162619	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	162595,162614	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	162589,162593,162594,162595,162596,162598,162600,162606,162609,162611	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	162612	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	162619	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	162595,162614	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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