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Locality Name:
Jackson, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alma Mine
Amador Queen No. 2 Mine
Anita Mine (Bright Mine)
Bellwether Mine (Bell Weather Mine)
Blue Jacket Mine
Dowling Prospect
Good Hope Mine
Jackson Prospect
Massa Tunnel
Mountain Spring House Area
Stribley Prospect
Udy Prospect
Unidentified Au Workings [2]
Unnamed Cr Occurrence [2]
White Prospect (Australian)
Zeile Mine (Zeila Mine; Coney And Bigelow Claim; Blue Jacket Claim; Tims Corner Tailings Pile)

Latitude: 38°21'4"N
Longitude: 120°46'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.351111111111,-120.77111111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cr O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperGarnetMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115103927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115105327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411510473902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811510511756
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115105324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12151037,151038,151039,151040,151041,151042,151043,151044,151048,151049,151052,15105330554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211510535800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115105339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25151037,151039,151043,151052,15105361156
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)30212



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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