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Locality Name:
Martell, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 220201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martell, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Argonaut Mine (Pioneer Mine; Sunset)
Clyde And North Clyde Prospect (Clyde)
G. J. Alexander Quarry
Golden Gate Prospect [3]
Kennedy Extension Prospect
Kennedy Mine (Kennedy Claim; Clyde Claim; North Clyde Claim; North Clyde Placer Claim; Silva Quartz Claim)
Muldoon Group
Oneida Mine
Pendola Prospect
Ratto Mine
Sierra Prospect
Silva Placer
Stevich Placer (Stavich Placer)
Unnamed Au Placer Deposits [17]
Volunteer Mine

Latitude: 38°21'57"N
Longitude: 120°47'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.365833333333,-120.78444444444
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: As Au C Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3151055,151060,1510629052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22151055,15106227198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3151055,151060,15106224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu8151055,151056,151059,151060,151061,151062,151065,15106930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11510552812
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211510625674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211510555800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23151055,151060,15106239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811510559056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23151055,151060,15106261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115106221482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1151060263
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311510555317


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