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Locality Name:
Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 281
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 259452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Alta Mine [2]
Bear Mountain Mine
Black Creek Area Occurrence
Bonanza Mine
Clary & Langford Mine (Porter And Springs Mine; Nassau)
Clary And Langford Mine (Langford Deposit; Porter And Spring; Porter And Springs; Nassau)
Hinch Mine (Hinch And Clary Deposit)
Kellogg Mine (Kellogg Property; Vanella Mine; Manilla Property)
Little Wonder Mine
Matthew Ranch Occurrence
Midwinter Mine
Nassau Mine (Goat Ranch; Poole Mine)
Red House Ranch Mine
Unknown Au Occurrence [25]
Unnamed Cr Occurrence [4]
Unspecified Cr Occurrence [6]
Walker Mine (Chaparral; Brushy Hill)

Latitude: 38°2'55"N
Longitude: 120°39'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.048611111111,-120.65833333333

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: Al Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCovelliteNoneOlivinePyrite
QuartzSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Bementite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)
Gold  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81001001152779173
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100100115278327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41001005152772,152776,152781,152786,1527873902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82811003152776,152777,1527781756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10010011527834165
Gold  (*)CopperAu1001005152773,152775,152780,152782,15278330554
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O42811003152777,152778,152788311
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100100115278339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21001005152773,152775,152780,152782,15278361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)10010011527791711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS100100115278321482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1001001152779240
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)210010011527722562



4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00156100100      YesMolybdeniteMo16293Calaveras Co., California, USACalaveras CountyBrock (1972)10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2GSAB83_3391 
podchrome-00067281281Permian (280±3 m.y. 206Pb/238U, 282±3 m.y. 207Pb/235U)       Cr75050Clary And Langford Mine (Langford Deposit; Porter And Spring; Porter And Springs; Nassau), Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USAClary and LangfordMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00066281281Permian (280±3 m.y. 206Pb/238U, 282±3 m.y. 207Pb/235U)       Cr76180Walker Mine (Chaparral; Brushy Hill), Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USAWalker 1Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00075281281Permian (280±3 m.y. 206Pb/238U, 282±3 m.y. 207Pb/235U)       Cr76180Walker Mine (Chaparral; Brushy Hill), Carmen City, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USAWalker 2Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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