Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Westville, Westville District, Placer Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.97
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.69

mindat Locality ID: 265969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westville, Westville District, Placer Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Auburn Mine
Big Tree Mine
Black Canyon Mine (Black Canon Mine; Galena Claim; Patrick Claim; Patrick Extension Claim)
Eureka Consolidated Drift Mining Company Placer (Eureka Cons Drift Mng Co)
Golden Fleece Prospect
Marrs Mine
Mars Consolidated Mine (Mars Cons.)
Patrick Consolidated Mine (Patrick Cons.; St. Patrick Mining Company)
President Wilson Mine

Latitude: 39°10'3"N
Longitude: 120°37'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.1675,-120.63

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.

Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Fe O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None Pyrite Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	167782,167783,167784,167788,167789,167790	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	167784	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	167782,167783,167784,167788,167789,167790	61156

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
	NAVDAT-130898	3.97	3.69	3.83±0.14					130898						85558	Marrs Mine, Westville, Westville District, Placer Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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