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Locality Name:
Jesus Maria, Rich Gulch District, East Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 259513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jesus Maria, Rich Gulch District, East Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Adams Property
Betty Lode
Blue Jay Mine [2]
Bonanza Deposit
Bowden Mine
Buckeye & Buckeye No. 2 Placer
Dauphine Mine
Garibaldi Mine (2)
Gopher Placer
Happy Jack Mine
Idora Mine
Jens Placer (Jens Et Al)
Jesus Maria-Rich Gulch Deposit
Kenross Mine
Lucky Mine
Mary Elda Placer Mine
Mineral King Mine
Mokelumne Hill Prospect
New Schleswig Occurrence (W. H. Curnow Et Al.)
Noce Placer Mine
North Star Placer
Ohio Mine [1]
Pellaton Placer
Rindge No. 1 Mine
Rindge No. 2 Mine (Rinpge No 2 Mine; Whisky Vein; Big French Vein)
Salvador Mine
Schoolhouse Mine
Shenandoah Mine (Shenendoah; Way Mine; Hoosier Mine; Mary Lory Mine)
Spotted Pup Claim
Unnamed Limestone Deposits [10]
Unnamed Limestone Deposits [5]
Upper Flat Placer (Upper Flat C.J. Guiffra)
Western Placers Inc
Wet Gulch Mine
Yale And Allyn Property (Yale & Allyn)

Latitude: 38°17'27"N
Longitude: 120°37'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.290833333333,-120.63055555556
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: Au Ca Fe O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperGarnetNoneQuartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)310010011525851534
Gold  (*)CopperAu10010024152558,152560,152562,152564,152565,152567,152568,152571,152572,152573,152574,152577,152578,152579,152580,152581,152582,152583,152584,152585,152586,152590,152591,15259230554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210010016152562,152564,152565,152567,152568,152571,152572,152574,152579,152581,152582,152583,152584,152585,152586,15259161156


1 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 

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