Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Camanche, Camanche District, Calaveras Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 259351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camanche, Camanche District, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
American Dredging Company Mine (Oro Water; Light & Power Company)
Blue Bird & Eagle Prey Placer
Burgson Mining Company Placer
Comanche Placers Ltd. (Comanche; Comanche No 2; Comanche Dredger)
Dredge No. 2
Herul Placer Mine
Lancha Plana Mine
Linkay Placer
Lone Star Mine [2]
Mehrten Brothers Placer Mine (Mehrten Bros.)
Merced Placer Mine (Ivers; Snelling Gold Hill Dredging; Stanislaus; Calavaras & Mokelumne River)
Napoli Placer (Gabriel; Bitonti)
Pacific Clay Products Pit
Sand Hill No. 2 & Sugar Loaf Mine (Sand Hill No. 2 Mine; Sugarloaf)

Latitude: 38°12'59"N
Longitude: 120°56'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.216388888889,-120.93388888889

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	Quartz

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 S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	1	151926	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	1	151926	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	11	151920,151921,151923,151924,151925,151926,151927,151928,151929,151931,151933	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	2	151928,151933	61156

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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