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Locality Name:
Sweetland, North San Juan District, Nevada Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 219838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sweetland, North San Juan District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Alameda Placer Mine
Boss Mine (Boss Con Qtz.; San Juan Mine)
Buckeye Hill
Bunker Hill Placer
John Armstrong Property
Keystone Placer
Malone Consolidated Placer (Malone Cons.; Optimo Placer Mine)
Mammoth Gold Copper Mine
Newton Deposit
Sweetland Creek Placer
Unnamed Cu Property [4]

Latitude: 39°20'19"N
Longitude: 121°6'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.338611111111,-121.11472222222

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 Au C Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1166191925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11661915707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145116619027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11661913846
Gold  (*)CopperAu2011454166189,166190,166193,16619630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11661912812
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145116619039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116619661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg20114511661905186



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
vms-01025201145Jurassic        83894Boss Mine (Boss Con Qtz.; San Juan Mine), Sweetland, North San Juan District, Nevada Co., California, USABossMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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