Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Damascus District (Sunny South District), Placer Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 265911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Damascus District (Sunny South District), Placer Co., California, USA": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Damascus
Forks House
Lynn Mine
Sunny South

Latitude: 39°8'1"N
Longitude: 120°42'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.133611111111,-120.71055555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

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 O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	166751	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	166775	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	166750,166751,166763	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	17	166743,166744,166745,166746,166747,166748,166750,166751,166755,166757,166759,166762,166763,166770,166780,166783,166788	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	166767	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	166751	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	166743,166744,166745,166746,166747,166748,166750,166751,166755,166757,166759,166763,166788	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	166751	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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