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Locality Name:
Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 73787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA": 232
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 214

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jackson-Plymouth District

Latitude: 38°24'59"N
Longitude: 120°48'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.416388888889,-120.81

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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperDiamondFeldsparGarnetLöllingite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diamond  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3151084,151178,1511798803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)25151107,151178,151179,151187,1511883092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12150976,150982,151055,151060,151062,151076,151107,151129,151179,151187,151188,1512009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4151039,151107,151187,15118827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211150978,151008,151053,151055,151062,151107,151175,151178,151179,151188,15119327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411510473902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811510511756
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1151085697
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12150978,151008,151053,151055,151060,151062,151076,151118,151178,151179,151193,15120024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu140150976,150977,150978,150981,150982,150983,150985,150986,150987,150988,150992,150994,150995,150996,150998,150999,151001,151002,151003,151004,151008,151010,151011,151014,151015,151017,151018,151019,151020,151021,151022,151023,151024,151027,151029,151031,151032,151033,151034,151037,151038,151039,151040,151041,151042,151043,151044,151048,151049,151052,151053,151055,151056,151059,151060,151061,151062,151065,151069,151071,151073,151074,151075,151076,151078,151079,151081,151082,151083,151084,151086,151087,151089,151091,151092,151093,151094,151095,151096,151097,151098,151099,151100,151101,151102,151104,151105,151107,151110,151111,151112,151113,151115,151116,151119,151123,151124,151126,151127,151129,151131,151133,151135,151136,151138,151139,151140,151143,151144,151145,151146,151147,151148,151150,151153,151155,151156,151158,151159,151162,151164,151165,151166,151167,151170,151175,151178,151179,151180,151183,151186,151187,151188,151189,151192,151193,151194,151195,151196,15120030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11510552812
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21150979762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211510625674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22151053,1510555800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23150982,151179,15118717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217150976,150978,150982,150992,151015,151017,151053,151055,151060,151062,151076,151107,151178,151179,151187,151188,15120039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84151002,151055,151084,1511939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248150976,150977,150978,150982,150987,150992,151002,151004,151014,151017,151022,151029,151032,151037,151039,151043,151052,151053,151055,151060,151062,151076,151082,151086,151087,151101,151107,151111,151112,151115,151123,151129,151139,151140,151143,151153,151155,151164,151166,151167,151170,151175,151178,151179,151186,151187,151188,15120061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7151062,151076,151178,151179,151187,151193,15120021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311509783418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1151060263
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311510555317
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)31151036212



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