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Locality Name:
Colorado Area, Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 249355
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249355.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colorado Area, Whitlock District, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Bank Of California Mine
Best Bet Mine (Yellow Metal Mine; Schroeder Group; Schroeder Placer)
Bogan And Baitelle Mine (B. B. Mine)
Buck Shot Claim
Buena Vista Group (Washington Claim; Buena Vista Claim; Phoenix Claim)
Dixie Quartz Mine
Fick And Oxford Mine
Landrum Mine (Barley Field; Simeon Landrum Claim; Old Standby Claim)
Live Oak Quartz Mine (Live Oak Claim; Live Oak Extension Claim; Ochre Claim)
Lone Pine Mine
Lyons Occurrence
Mebold I Mine (Queen Saxon; Kid Saxon; King Saxon; Frenchman)
Menlo Consolidated Mine (Aden Mine; Ernestine Claim; Menlo Claim; Mountain Queen Claim)
Mockingbird Mine (Talc & Lacy Claim)
Robinson & Orr Group
Santa Clara Mine
Santa Rosa Mine
Schroeder Placer
Silano No. 1 And No. 2 Claims (Victor Quartz)
Trabucco Mine
Washington Mine (Sharlee Mine)
White Oak Mine (White Oak Extension Mine)

Latitude: 37°33'57"N
Longitude: 119°58'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.565833333333,-119.97611111111
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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11630429052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116304227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22163036,16305027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116304224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13163029,163030,163031,163033,163034,163035,163036,163037,163042,163045,163046,163048,16305030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11630432812
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22163042,16305039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811630429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28163029,163031,163034,163035,163037,163042,163043,16305061156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22163036,1630433337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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