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Locality Name:
Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 287
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 268

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bagby
Bear Valley
Bootjack
Buckhorn Peak
Coe Mine
Darrah
Mariposa
Midpines
Modesta Mine
Mount Bullion
Whitlock District

Latitude: 37°32'35"N
Longitude: 120°'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.543055555556,-120.00222222222

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Feldspar	Mica
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Platinum ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Feldspar Mica
Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Tetrahedrite Vivianite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	162891,162892,162975	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	162829,162912	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	162956	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	5	162849,162907,162953,162993,163054	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	162849,162891,162943,163042,163054,163066	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	163042,163054,163066,163095	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	162849,162892,163036,163050,163095,163101,163110	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	162892	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	162942	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	162942	4165
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	162849	814
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	162849	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	162840,162849,162891,162892,162947,163021,163042,163054,163066,163095,163101,163110	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	149	162827,162832,162833,162835,162836,162838,162839,162840,162841,162843,162844,162845,162846,162848,162849,162852,162853,162856,162857,162858,162868,162870,162871,162872,162873,162874,162875,162877,162879,162880,162884,162887,162891,162892,162897,162899,162900,162901,162902,162903,162904,162907,162908,162909,162911,162912,162913,162914,162915,162916,162917,162919,162920,162921,162923,162925,162930,162932,162933,162934,162935,162936,162937,162940,162941,162943,162944,162945,162947,162951,162952,162954,162956,162966,162971,162972,162977,162979,162980,162981,162982,162983,162984,162985,162987,162991,162992,162993,162994,162995,163001,163002,163004,163006,163007,163010,163011,163013,163014,163021,163029,163030,163031,163033,163034,163035,163036,163037,163042,163045,163046,163048,163050,163053,163054,163056,163058,163059,163061,163062,163063,163064,163065,163066,163067,163068,163069,163070,163071,163073,163074,163075,163077,163078,163082,163083,163087,163089,163091,163092,163093,163095,163096,163099,163100,163101,163106,163107,163110	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	163043	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	162895	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	162849	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	162849,162953,163078	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	162849	66
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	162849	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	162849	767
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	163107	485
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	3	162891,162892,162975	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	162891,162892	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	162840,162849,162871,162872,162891,162892,162897,162947,162954,162956,162993,163004,163010,163020,163042,163050,163054,163091,163095,163101,163110	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	162833,163042,163054	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	112	162827,162829,162832,162833,162835,162836,162838,162839,162840,162844,162846,162849,162853,162856,162857,162868,162874,162875,162877,162880,162897,162899,162900,162901,162902,162903,162904,162907,162908,162909,162911,162912,162913,162914,162915,162916,162917,162919,162920,162923,162930,162932,162933,162934,162935,162936,162937,162940,162941,162943,162944,162945,162947,162954,162956,162971,162972,162975,162977,162979,162980,162981,162982,162983,162984,162985,162987,162991,162992,162993,162994,162995,163002,163006,163007,163010,163011,163013,163021,163023,163029,163031,163034,163035,163037,163042,163043,163050,163053,163054,163056,163058,163059,163061,163063,163064,163065,163067,163068,163069,163071,163073,163074,163078,163083,163087,163091,163093,163095,163100,163101,163106	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	162967	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	162891,162892,162966,163054	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	162849,163004,163021	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	9	162842,162855,162865,162925,162995,163023,163036,163043,163056	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	162849	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	162849,163021,163066	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070279	Agua Fria Canyon Mine, Mount Bullion, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070279

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