Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Altaville, Angels Camp District, Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 217809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altaville, Angels Camp District, Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 47
Child Localities:
Altaville Mine (Cherokee Mine; Altaville Cherokee)
Altaville Mining And Manufacturing Company's Ledge
Amazon Star Mine (Amazon Star Consolidated Placer)
Beda Blood Placer
Belmont-Osborne Mine (Belmont Osborn Mine; Osborne Mine; Knox; Osborne Consolidated Mine)
Black Oak Mine (Pine Nut; Virginia Black Oak)
California Gold Mining Company Property
Cherokee Mine
Crosby Placer
Curtis Mine
Eclipse Mine
Fazzi Mine (Jolly Tar; Mariposa)
French And Wood Mine (French & Wood Mine; Frenchwood Mine)
Fritz Mine
George Curtis Occurrence
Golden Slipper Mine
Great Western Claim
Haywards Mining Claim
Haywood & Carpenter Mine (Hayward And Carpenter)
John Buck Mine
Keystone Mine
Lichan Occurrence
Lone Star Mine [3]
McElroy Placer
Meyer & Love Mine (Meyer And Love)
Midland Group
Mike Brown Placer
Miller Mine
Naples & Venica Mine (Naples And Venice)
Nigger Head Occurrence (Negro Head)
North Star Mine [2]
Owensby Mining Claim (Bradley Mining Claim; Brothers Mining Claim; Mineral Messer Mining Claim)
Panuga Mine (Panucco Consolidated Mine)
Parnell Mine (Cal-Gold Mining Company Mine; Hoffman Mine; Benson Mine)
Particelli Mine
Peakline Quartz Prospect (Pearlene)
Rainier Victor Claims (Hecla Claim; Aetna Claim; Vesuvius Claim; Alta Claim)
Sacramento Mine
Safe Deposit Mine [2]
Starve Out & Brogilio Placer (Starve Out And Brogili)
Tollgate Prospect (Tollgate Mine; Marshall Claim; Prince Claim; Port Arthur Claim; Beaker Claim)
Tom Mine (Tom Hardy Mine)
Top Notch Mining Claim
Unknown Au Mine [43]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [48]
Utica No. 2 Mine
Yellowstone Mine

Latitude: 38°5'3"N
Longitude: 120°34'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.084166666667,-120.56805555556

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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Melonite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Talc

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 Au C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Melonite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Talc

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gold ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	100	100	1	152941	489
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	100	100	1	152941	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	2	152933,152940	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	38	152929,152930,152931,152933,152934,152935,152936,152937,152938,152939,152940,152942,152944,152945,152947,152949,152950,152951,152952,152953,152954,152955,152957,152959,152960,152961,152962,152963,152964,152965,152966,152967,152969,152970,152971,152972,152974,152975	30554
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	100	100	1	152941	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	1	152933	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	25	152933,152934,152936,152938,152939,152940,152942,152944,152945,152947,152949,152953,152954,152957,152960,152963,152964,152966,152967,152969,152970,152971,152972,152974,152975	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	152967	3337

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00156	100	100								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	16293	Calaveras Co., California, USA	Calaveras County	Brock (1972)	10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2	GSAB83_3391

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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