Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Quartz Mountain [1], East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 248645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Mountain [1], East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Alice L. Mine (Good Luck G. Claim; Sunset F. Claim; Hardluck B. Claim)
Hall Mine
Hard Luck Mine
Hard Luck Mine (Pyrophyllite Mine)
Hidden View Group
Leach Mine
Losch Occurrence
Mary Mine
McCabe Flat Mining Company Placer Mine
Mountain King Mine (Omparisa; Calendar; Calendonia)
Reina De Los Mariposas Mine (Snapp; Big Bull Shoot; Back)
Surprise Claim (Surprise Claims; M-Q Prospect)
Unidentified Au Prospect [6]
Unnamed Au Prospects [47]
Unnamed Au-Jade Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Placer Au Property [52]
Unnamed Placer Au Prospects [19]
Whiteman Mine

Latitude: 37°38'1"N
Longitude: 120°1'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.633611111111,-120.02555555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Garnet	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite

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 Cu Fe Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Garnet None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	162743	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	162738,162739,162743,162745,162746,162752,162755	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	162743	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	162738,162739,162743,162745,162752,162755	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	162749	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	162749	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	162749	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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