Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 248628
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248628.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckhorn Peak, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Annabelle Mine
Banner Claim
Belces Mine (Belems Mine)
Belmont Mine
Black Spider Mine (Blue Jay Mine; Gray Eagle Mine)
Bonanza King Mine
Bonanza Queen Mine
Central Mine
Coolgardie Placer
Cross Load Mine
Crown Lead Mine
Crown Peak Mine
Exposition Mine
Flyaway Group
Gloryn Mine
Grand View Mine
Grey Eagle Mine (Melba Mine; Alder Mine)
Mistake Placer
Mountain View II Mine
Ophir Mine
Rocker Mine
Silver Right Mine (Silver Cloud Mine)
Snider Mine
Sonora Marble Aggregates Company Quarry
Talc Occurrence [1] (Lacy; Cuneo)
Unidentified Au Prospects/mine [10]
Unnamed Asbestos Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au Mine [1] (Juniper Related ?)
Unnamed Au Placer [35]

Latitude: 37°39'4"N
Longitude: 120°8'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.651111111111,-120.14333333333

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.

Clay	Copper	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Talc

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Talc

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	162912	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	162907	3092
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	22	162897,162899,162900,162901,162902,162903,162904,162907,162908,162909,162911,162912,162913,162914,162915,162916,162917,162919,162920,162921,162923,162925	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	162897	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	162897,162899,162900,162901,162902,162903,162904,162907,162908,162909,162911,162912,162913,162914,162915,162916,162917,162919,162920,162923	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	162925	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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