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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Moccasin, Jacksonville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 220876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moccasin, Jacksonville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Ashley Property (Ashby Property)
Black Hawk Mine
Buona Speranza And Josephine Mine
Chance Mine
D'Albergaria Mine
Double Nubbin Claim No. 2
Golden Key Consolidated Prospect
Hughes Consolidated And Dyneta Claims
Jack Lode
Little Comstock Mine
Luck Group
Moccasin & Golden Key Mine
Moccasin Creek
Moccasin Placer Mine
Moffitt Canyon Placer
North Star Mine (Black Warrior Group; Black Warrior Claim; North Star Claim; Yellow Jacket Claim)
Union Prospect (Rough & Ready)
Verdun Mine

Latitude: 37°48'54"N
Longitude: 120°18'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.815,-120.30166666667

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 Ca H Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCopperEpidoteFeldsparNoneSerpentineTitanite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Gold  (*)Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5.3011834338803
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)45.301183420951
Gold  (*)CopperAu5.309183422,183423,183427,183430,183431,183434,183436,183437,18343830554
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5.3011834334899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5.3011834331025



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
Hg-000345.30 ?-?    YesImiteriteHg3581Golden Rule Mine, Jumper & Golden Rule Group (Jumper Mine; Jumper Claim; Jumper Deposit; New Era Claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown Group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USACalifornia Mercury OccurrencesStudemeister (1984)10.1007/BF00199786MD19_202 


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