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Locality Name:
Williams Peak, Hunter Valley District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 249080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Williams Peak, Hunter Valley District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
A. J. Burkhart Mine (Burkhart Mine)
Bright Hope Mine (Busch; Washington-Buena Vista)
Costa Placer
Cotton Creek Mine (Hauser Mine)
Dominques Occurrence
Evening Star Mine (Evening Star NW Extension Mine)
Ganara Occurrence
Geneva Mine
Gold Run Occurrence (Red Hill)
Horseshoe II Mine (Eureka Mine)
Juniper Mine (Juniper & Patricia Mine; Patricia & Charles Mine; Juniper Claim; Independence Claim; Starlight Claim [Patricia]; Mountain View Claim; Indepencio Claim [placer])
La Victoria Mine (Victoria Mine; Victoire; La Victoire; Victoiro; La Victoiro; Tandem Copper Property; Tandem)
Lucky Mine (Surprise Mine)
Meriposa Occurrence (Las Palomas)
Morning Star Mine
Nevada Mine
Olney Extension Mine
Orange Blossom Mine (Cavagnaro Mine)
Pine Cone Occurrence (Bald Mountain)
Pyramid Mine (Castagnetto I Mine)
Robin Mine (Badger Mine)
Schoolhouse Mine
Sunset Mine (La Mariposa; Venus)
Unidentified Au Prospect [13]
Yellowstone Mine (Sirocco Mine; Yellowstone-Sirocco Mine)

Latitude: 37°34'54"N
Longitude: 120°11'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.581666666667,-120.18583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211634095509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411634095516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11634095707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23163398,163401,16340927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116340124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9163398,163399,163401,163403,163405,163407,163408,163412,16341530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116340914640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2116340912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24163398,163401,163407,16341239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29163398,163399,163401,163403,163405,163407,163408,163409,16341261156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311634095317


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