Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 248773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitlock (Farmer's Hope; Whitlock Creek; Whitlock Gulch), Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 55

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Aladdin Mine
Big Bill Mine
Boulder Placer Prospect
Bowman Mine
Bridge Placer
Champion II Mine
Cleveland Mine
Cohen Quartz Mine
Diltz Mine (Diltz Claim; W.Y.O.D. Claim; Diltz And Mann)
Emma II Mine (Emma 1 Claim; Emma 2 Claim)
Ethel May Mine
Franklin And McKinley Mine
Garden Weston Placer
Geary Mine (Geare Mine)
Goary Mine (Goare Mine)
Golden Key Group (Austin Group; Coronado No. 2 Claim; Dusenberry Claim; Golden Gate Claim; Hayseed Claim; Haywire Fraction Claim; Regan Claim)
Good Luck Mine
Gordo Nos. 1 & 2 Placer Mine
Gordon Mine (Weston Mine)
Gypsy Mine (North Star And Oro Grande Mine; Oro Grande Claim)
Hayseed Mine
Heinholt Occurrence
Herman Quartz Mine
Kemper Quartz Occurrence (Copper King)
Kockel Placer
London Quartz Mine (London Mine; Young America Mine; Banner Group; Albert Austin Group)
Lost Forlorn Mine
Lucky Spot Prospect
Mary Bess Mine (Avarite)
Mexican Quartz Mine (Bull Frog Quartz Mine)
Milburn Mine
Mohawk Mine (North Witlock Extension Mine)
Mountain Queen Mine (Mount Queen Mine)
North Whitlock Mine
Nutmeg Mine
Odell Group
Ohio River And Johnnie F. Placer
Our Chance Mine (Clark Mines; Albert Austin Group)
Permit Mine (Bulldog Mine; Bullpup Mine; Boulder Mine; Kockel Mine)
Phoenix Mine (Belle View)
Princess Mine
Raking Placer (Reking Placer)
Spencer Mine
Spread Eagle Group (Empire Claim; Farmers Hope; Fanny; Mineral Hope; Little Charlie; Mohawk; Tollgate; Monarch; Bonanza II; Miners Hope)
Standard Mine
Sultana Group (Sultana Extension; Royal Group Bald Eagle; Sultan)
Sunshine Group (Johnny F.; Yosemite Placer; Rosebud; Sunshine 1 & 2 Claims; Sunnyside Claim)
Telegraph Mountain Nos. 1 - 5 Mine
Triumph Mine
Unnamed Pt Occurrence [1]
Upper Willow No. 2 Placer Prospect
W. And H. Quartz Mine
Whitlock Mine (Whitlock Group; Consolidated Whitlock And Alabama; Westward Claim; Alabama Claim; Whitlock Claim)
Willow Placer Prospect
Winner Claims

Latitude: 37°33'46"N
Longitude: 120°1'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.562777777778,-120.01805555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb Pt S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	163066	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	163066,163095	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	163095,163101,163110	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	163066,163095,163101,163110	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33	163058,163059,163061,163062,163063,163064,163065,163066,163067,163068,163069,163070,163071,163073,163074,163075,163077,163078,163082,163083,163087,163089,163091,163092,163093,163095,163096,163099,163100,163101,163106,163107,163110	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	163078	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	163107	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	163091,163095,163101,163110	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	163058,163059,163061,163063,163064,163065,163067,163068,163069,163071,163073,163074,163078,163083,163087,163091,163093,163095,163100,163101,163106	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	163066	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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