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Locality Name:
Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 259197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 351
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 335

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Angels Camp District
Carson Hill District (Melones District)
Paloma District
San Andreas District

Latitude: 38°8'12"N
Longitude: 120°37'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.136666666667,-120.62611111111

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hessite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	5	152982,153049,153054,153110,153132	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	100	100	5	152941,153060,153104,153106,153110	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	100	100	9	152982,153015,153043,153050,153052,153060,153086,153100,153222	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	100	100	2	153060,153230	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	100	100	2	153043,153132	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	100	100	1	153100	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100	100	1	153092	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	100	100	5	152941,153060,153104,153106,153110	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	11	152933,152940,152982,153015,153043,153049,153050,153094,153132,153203,153224	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	100	1	152985	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	6	153015,153049,153100,153110,153132,153248	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	100	100	1	153106	1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	100	100	1	153060	1756
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	100	100	3	153060,153104,153110	169
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	100	5	153049,153053,153060,153110,153222	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	6	152982,153090,153100,153110,153118,153132	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	253	152929,152930,152931,152933,152934,152935,152936,152937,152938,152939,152940,152942,152944,152945,152947,152949,152950,152951,152952,152953,152954,152955,152957,152959,152960,152961,152962,152963,152964,152965,152966,152967,152969,152970,152971,152972,152974,152975,152976,152977,152978,152979,152980,152982,152983,152984,152985,152986,152987,152988,152989,152990,152991,152992,152993,152994,152995,152996,152997,152998,152999,153000,153002,153003,153004,153005,153006,153007,153008,153010,153011,153014,153015,153016,153017,153018,153019,153020,153021,153022,153023,153024,153025,153026,153027,153028,153029,153030,153031,153032,153033,153034,153035,153036,153037,153038,153039,153040,153041,153043,153045,153046,153049,153050,153051,153052,153053,153055,153057,153058,153060,153061,153063,153064,153065,153066,153068,153069,153070,153071,153072,153073,153075,153077,153078,153079,153080,153081,153082,153083,153085,153086,153087,153088,153089,153090,153092,153093,153094,153096,153097,153098,153099,153100,153101,153102,153103,153104,153106,153109,153110,153111,153113,153115,153116,153117,153118,153119,153120,153121,153122,153125,153126,153128,153129,153131,153132,153135,153136,153137,153138,153141,153143,153146,153147,153148,153149,153150,153151,153158,153160,153161,153163,153164,153166,153167,153168,153170,153171,153181,153183,153184,153185,153186,153187,153189,153192,153193,153194,153197,153198,153199,153200,153201,153202,153203,153207,153209,153211,153215,153216,153217,153218,153219,153220,153221,153222,153223,153224,153225,153227,153230,153231,153232,153234,153235,153236,153237,153239,153241,153242,153246,153247,153248,153249,153250,153251,153252,153253,153255,153256,153257,153258,153261,153262,153263,153264,153265,153266,153267,153268,153271,153277	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	100	100	1	153101	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	100	100	1	153049	6890
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	100	100	4	153060,153104,153110,153230	804
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	100	100	1	153101	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	2	153074,153104	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	153003	168
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	100	100	3	153060,153104,153110	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	100	100	3	153060,153104,153110	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	3	152980,153060,153104	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	9	152982,153015,153049,153060,153090,153100,153108,153132,153222	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	100	100	1	153110	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	100	100	1	153110	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	100	100	6	152941,153060,153104,153106,153110,153230	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	22	152933,152982,152984,152986,152991,152993,153003,153015,153043,153049,153050,153052,153060,153072,153094,153100,153110,153118,153132,153203,153218,153248	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	100	100	1	153276	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	1	153060	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	190	152933,152934,152936,152938,152939,152940,152942,152944,152945,152947,152949,152953,152954,152957,152960,152963,152964,152966,152967,152969,152970,152971,152972,152974,152975,152978,152979,152982,152983,152985,152986,152987,152988,152989,152990,152991,152992,152993,152994,152996,152997,152998,152999,153000,153003,153004,153005,153006,153007,153008,153010,153011,153014,153015,153016,153017,153019,153020,153021,153022,153023,153025,153026,153029,153030,153032,153033,153034,153035,153036,153037,153038,153039,153040,153041,153043,153045,153046,153049,153050,153051,153052,153055,153060,153061,153063,153064,153065,153069,153071,153072,153073,153075,153077,153078,153079,153081,153082,153083,153085,153086,153087,153088,153089,153090,153092,153093,153094,153096,153097,153098,153099,153100,153101,153102,153103,153106,153110,153111,153115,153116,153117,153118,153119,153120,153121,153122,153125,153126,153128,153129,153131,153132,153135,153136,153137,153138,153141,153143,153147,153149,153150,153151,153160,153161,153163,153164,153166,153167,153168,153170,153171,153181,153183,153185,153186,153193,153194,153197,153198,153200,153201,153203,153211,153216,153222,153223,153224,153227,153231,153234,153235,153236,153237,153239,153241,153242,153247,153248,153249,153250,153253,153255,153257,153258,153264,153266,153267,153268,153277	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	100	100	1	153060	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	100	100	1	152980	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	2	153110,153132	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	100	100	4	153060,153104,153106,153110	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	14	152967,152982,152993,153015,153037,153040,153049,153083,153100,153101,153104,153110,153224,153230	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	100	100	3	153060,153104,153110	190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	100	100	3	153060,153104,153106	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	100	100	2	153060,153099	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	100	100	1	153203	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00156	100	100								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	16293	Calaveras Co., California, USA	Calaveras County	Brock (1972)	10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2	GSAB83_3391

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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