Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sunnybrook, Pardee District, Amador Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 281
Youngest recorded age at locality: 170

mindat Locality ID: 263818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunnybrook, Pardee District, Amador Co., California, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Allen Property (Wheeler Mine; Johnson Lease)
Amador Lime Rock Deposit
Boring Shale Pit
Carr And Mefford Mine (Mooney Claim)
Courtwright Property (Daggett Lease)
Courtwright Property (Woods And Roach Lease)
Custer Deposit
Custer Prospect (Dooley Prospect; Custer Dooley Prospect)
Du Frene Prospect (Dufrene Prospect; Empire Mine; Pacific Mine)
Ecklund Property
Ellis Brothers Ranch
Hayward Mine (Allen Mine)
Ione City Mine
Johnson Ranch Mine
Kremmel And Froelich Mine
Mace Mine (Mace Ranch Prospect)
Moon Prospect
Mooney Prospect (Mooney Claims)
Newton Mine (Newton Copper Mine; Jackson Mine)
Questa Prospect
Unspecified Cr Occurrence [4]

Latitude: 38°20'11"N
Longitude: 120°52'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.336388888889,-120.87055555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprocopiapite ()*	Galena ()*	Kornelite ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Copper Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc

20 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	170	170	1	151234	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	170	170	1	151234	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	170	170	3	151227,151228,151234	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	281	281	3	151216,151221,151236	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	151231	951
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	170	170	1	151234	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	170	170	1	151234	3846
Cuprocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Cu²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	170	170	1	151234	12
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	170	170	1	151234	24243
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)	170	170	1	151234	21
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			4	151216,151219,151220,151230	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	151224	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	170	170	2	151227,151234	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	151223	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	170	170	2	151227,151234	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	151224	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	170	170	3	151223,151227,151234	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	151222,151224	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	170	170	2	151227,151234	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	151232	3337

2 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
	podchrome-00078	281	281	Permian (280±3 m.y. 206Pb/238U, 282±3 m.y. 207Pb/235U)										Cr	73556	Courtwright Property (Woods And Roach Lease), Sunnybrook, Pardee District, Amador Co., California, USA	Courtwright Property	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	vms-01036	170	170	Jurassic										S	16948	Newton Mine (Newton Copper Mine; Jackson Mine), Sunnybrook, Pardee District, Amador Co., California, USA	Newton	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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