Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Smartville District, Yuba Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 246993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smartville District, Yuba Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Smartville
Timbuctoo

Latitude: 39°12'24"N
Longitude: 121°18'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.206666666667,-121.30611111111

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Be Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bavenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	150	150	1	184132	255
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	150	1	184136	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	184133,184139,184140	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	150	1	184136	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	150	1	184136	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	150	1	184136	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	150	150	1	184136	5317

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
	vms-01046	150	150	Upper Jurassic										S	98618	Western World Mine (Dempsey Ranch Prospect), Smartville, Smartville District, Yuba Co., California, USA	Western World	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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