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:
Quartz Mountain [2], Hornitos District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 249316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Mountain [2], Hornitos District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Doss Mine (Brooks; Ginaca; Doss And Thorne)
Martinez Mine
Quartz Mountain Mine
Red Bank Placer
Ruth Pierce Mine (Gremshaw; Amelia)
St. Mary's Mine
Treasure Occurrence
Tulito Mine
Unidentified Au Prospect [14]
Unnamed Placer Au Mine [44]
White Quartz Mine

Latitude: 37°28'46"N
Longitude: 120°13'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.479444444444,-120.21833333333

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

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	163326	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	163326	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	163316	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	163316,163317,163318,163325,163326	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	163317,163326	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	163317,163318,163326	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	163316	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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