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Locality Name:
Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 244094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coulterville District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 74
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 68

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Coulterville
Virginia Point

Latitude: 37°41'12"N
Longitude: 120°11'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.686666666667,-120.18611111111
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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldsparMeloniteMicaMillerite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
SulphurTalcTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bementite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Melonite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2163180,1631988803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1163198489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)25163153,163179,163185,163188,1632013092
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81163156173
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411631575516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116315727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25163135,163157,163198,163200,16320727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43163168,163195,1631993902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4163157,163162,163170,1631712600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11632004165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22163134,1631989895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121163156663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7163135,163153,163154,163179,163181,163198,16320724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu41163135,163136,163139,163140,163141,163143,163144,163145,163146,163151,163152,163153,163154,163155,163157,163158,163160,163165,163166,163167,163173,163174,163176,163177,163178,163179,163182,163183,163184,163185,163187,163188,163190,163191,163194,163198,163200,163203,163204,163205,16320730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11631982812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1163198804
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11631981487
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21163198207
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11631981066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24163180,163185,163188,16319817380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1163198767
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21163198409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25163135,163153,163182,163198,16320739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11631341725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811631989056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232163136,163139,163140,163143,163144,163145,163146,163152,163153,163154,163155,163158,163160,163165,163171,163173,163176,163177,163178,163179,163183,163184,163185,163187,163188,163190,163191,163194,163198,163200,163203,16320461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22163188,1631985614
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31163198531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116319821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11631702045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22163180,1631983337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311631985317


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