Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calaveritas District, East Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 244171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calaveritas District, East Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Calaveritas
Dogtown

Latitude: 38°8'34"N
Longitude: 120°34'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.142777777778,-120.58166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Copper	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

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 As Au Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Copper None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	100	100	1	152001	9052
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	100	100	1	152001	814
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	100	100	1	152028	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	2	151980,152001	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	34	151978,151980,151981,151984,151985,151986,151987,151988,151989,151990,151991,151992,151994,151995,151996,151997,151999,152000,152001,152002,152004,152005,152007,152009,152010,152015,152017,152018,152020,152023,152026,152028,152029,152030	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	2	151980,152001	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	10	151978,151980,151994,152001,152002,152005,152015,152017,152026,152028	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	100	100	1	152001	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	2	151980,152001	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00156	100	100								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	16293	Calaveras Co., California, USA	Calaveras County	Brock (1972)	10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2	GSAB83_3391

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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