Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cave City, Mountain Ranch District, East Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 259726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cave City, Mountain Ranch District, East Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alameda Mine
Austrian Hill Occurrence
Big Nugget Placer Occurrence
California Cavern
Cave City Claim
Cave City Mine
Cave City Stone Deposit
Creek Occurrence
Greek Mine
Legal Tender Mine
Old McKenny Mine (Old McKenney Mine)
Pilot Mine (Oro Fino)
Reef Rock Mine
Thomas Brothers Group (Thomas Bros. Claims; Rose Marie; Al; Ho; Wheelock; Lucky Boy; Coarse Gold; Yellow Bird; Tip Top; Mt. Bullion; Golden Poppy; Cave City)
Vandalia Occurrence (J.B. Ederer; J.B. Eder)
Wheelock Mine (Wheelrock Mine)

Latitude: 38°12'7"N
Longitude: 120°30'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.201944444444,-120.50833333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Talc

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 Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Talc

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	1	152153	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	11	152150,152155,152157,152158,152159,152160,152161,152162,152163,152164,152165	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	100	100	1	152160	2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	152154	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	1	152165	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	9	152150,152155,152158,152159,152160,152161,152162,152163,152165	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	152165	3337

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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