Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northwest Segment Mother Lode, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 311
Youngest recorded age at locality: 311

mindat Locality ID: 264128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northwest Segment Mother Lode, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 103
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 97

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Greenwood District

Latitude: 38°54'4"N
Longitude: 120°54'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.901111111111,-120.90972222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine
Spinel	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: As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine
Spinel Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	154805	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	154722,154805	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	154805,154809	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	154787	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	311	311	1	154788	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	154800	951
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			67	154718,154719,154720,154721,154722,154724,154725,154726,154727,154730,154731,154732,154733,154735,154736,154739,154740,154742,154743,154744,154746,154748,154749,154750,154753,154754,154757,154758,154760,154761,154764,154765,154767,154768,154769,154770,154771,154772,154773,154774,154775,154776,154777,154782,154783,154784,154791,154792,154793,154794,154795,154797,154798,154799,154800,154802,154803,154804,154805,154809,154810,154811,154812,154813,154814,154815,154818	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	154731,154760,154773,154805,154809	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	154780	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			60	154718,154719,154720,154721,154722,154724,154725,154726,154727,154730,154731,154732,154733,154735,154736,154739,154740,154742,154743,154744,154746,154749,154750,154753,154754,154757,154758,154760,154761,154764,154765,154767,154768,154769,154770,154771,154772,154773,154774,154775,154777,154782,154783,154784,154791,154792,154794,154795,154797,154799,154800,154802,154803,154805,154809,154812,154813,154814,154815,154818	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	154760	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
	podchrome-00126	311	311	Pennsylvanian (304-311 Ma U-Pb zircon from plagiogranite)										Cr	77415	Central Pacific Railroad Mine (Central Pacific R. R.; Central Pac. R.R.), Penobscot Farm, Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA	Central Pacific Railroad Land	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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