Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Jackass Mountain, Kinsley District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 249100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackass Mountain, Kinsley District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Bondurant Mine (Hathaway-Bondurant Mine)
Diana Mine (North Fork Mine; Dana Mine; Diana 1 To 8 Claims)
Gold Bar Mine
Horseshoe I Mine (Bower Cave)
Long Hurst Mine
Manzanita I Mine
Marble Springs Mine (Compromise And Eubanks Mine; Compromise And Enbanks Mine)
Montara Mine
Moonlight Mine
Success Nugget Placer
Three Brothers No. 1 Quartz Claim
Unidentified Au Prospect [8]
Unnamed Au Property [49]
Unnamed Au Property [56]
Unnamed Limestone Deposit [1]
Unnamed Limestone Deposit [2]
Violet Mine

Latitude: 37°43'45"N
Longitude: 120°1'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.729166666667,-120.03111111111

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	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	162687	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	162684,162687,162690	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	162684,162685,162686,162687,162688,162690,162692,162693	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	162687,162690	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	162684,162685,162686,162688,162690,162692	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	162687	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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