Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Julian, Julian District, San Diego Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 187
Youngest recorded age at locality: 116

mindat Locality ID: 3558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Julian, Julian District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 71
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 71
Child Localities:
April Fool Claim
Asper Prospect
Banner Creek Placer Deposits
Ben Hur Mine
Butte Prospect
Chieftan Mine
Coarse Gold Prospect
Coleman Creek Placer Deposits (Anthoney Ranch)
Copper Brick Deposit
Dark Horse Group
Eagle Mine
El Dorado Claim
Elk And Landslide Deposit
Ella Mine Group (California Claim; Old Ella; Ella Mine)
Foster Quarry
Friday Mine
Gilson Prospect (Gilson Hapoless Prospect; Napoles)
Gold Cross Group (Fraction; Gold Cross Mine; Gold Cross No. 2 Mine; Cable Mine)
Gold Crown Group
Gold King Group (Gold Queen Mine; Good Hope Prospect; King Mine; Gold King Nos. 2 And 3 Claims; Queen Mine)
Golden Chariot Mine (Golden Chariot Claims; Chariot North Claims; Ida Claire; Eureka Group)
Golden Gem Group (Gem Mine; Gardiner; Gardner; Blue Hill; Big Blue; Canadian Claim)
Golden Queen Mine
Grand Central Claim (Grand Central Quartz Mine; Grand Central Quarry)
Green Money Mine
Helvetia Mine
Herman Claim
High Peak Mine (Rossland Claim; High Peak South Mine; Eagle Claim; Roseland; Roselyn; Roosevelt Lode; Rosalyn)
Jumper Mine (Hussayhamda)
Kentwood Scheelite Claim
Keystone Pilot Prospect
Ledge Lode Prospect
Lookout Group
Lucky Gene Prospect
Lucky Pardner Mine (Lucky Partner Mine; Pardner Mine)
Lucky Strike Group
Madden Claim (Madden Group; Madden Millsite Claim; Antelope Claim; Old Madden; Gopher Claim; Curry Claim)
Majestic Group
Maude E. Claim
Nona Group (Nona And Coarse Gold Prospects)
O. X. Group
Ora Group (Ora No. 1 Claim; Ord Group; Ora No. 2 Claim; Roocky Genes Claim)
Oriflamme Mine (Oro Flamme Mine; Oreiflamme Mine)
Osage Prospect
Owens Mine (Old Owens; Janet Mine)
Padlock Mine
Penny Prospect
Pine Tree Prospect
Pioneer Group
Pride Of The West Mine (Pride Of Julian Mine)
Prosperity Prospect
Red Hill And Copper Butte Claims (Red Hill)
Red Wing Claim
Ruby Claim
Seyer Deposit
Silver King Group
South California Claim
Stonewall Mine (Stonewall Jackson Mine)
Summit And Summit Extension Claims
Talley Group
Tom Scott Mine
Townsite Prospect
Truelsen's Prospect
Unnamed Fe Prospect
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence
Unspecified Cu-Ag Occurrence
Valentine Mine
Van Wert Mine (Van Wirt Mine)
Warlock Mine Group (Neptune; Warlock Group; Bedrock; Ruby Claim; Chaparral; Shamrock)
Washington Mine (George Washington Mine)
West California Claim

Latitude: 33°2'58"N
Longitude: 116°35'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.049444444444,-116.58638888889

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	Epsomite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epsomite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Vivianite

19 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	174590,174593,174598	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	174598	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	167	163	1	174588	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	174638	1382
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	167	163	1	174588	814
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	174590,174598,174617	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	174627	2812
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	167	163	1	174588	341
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	167	163	1	174588	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	174638	12537
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	167	163	1	174588	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	174593,174598	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	167	163	1	174588	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	174598	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	167	163	3	174588,174598,174617	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	167	163	2	174588,174593	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	167	163	3	174588,174590,174617	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	167	163	1	174588	6417
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	167	163	1	174588	380

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-44503	187	151	169±18	zircon	44503	Zircon	91167	Butte Prospect, Julian, Julian District, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44512	167	163	165±2		44512		11243	Friday Mine, Julian, Julian District, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44507	167	163	165±2		44507		91438	Maude E. Claim, Julian, Julian District, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44509	167	163	165±2		44509		91438	Maude E. Claim, Julian, Julian District, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126294	118	116	117±1		126294		91519	Pioneer Group, Julian, Julian District, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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