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:
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

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	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	Löllingite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diamond ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Strengite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Diamond Feldspar Garnet Löllingite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	151084,151178,151179	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	5	151107,151178,151179,151187,151188	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	12	150976,150982,151055,151060,151062,151076,151107,151129,151179,151187,151188,151200	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	151039,151107,151187,151188	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	150978,151008,151053,151055,151062,151107,151175,151178,151179,151188,151193	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	151047	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	151051	1756
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	151085	697
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	150978,151008,151053,151055,151060,151062,151076,151118,151178,151179,151193,151200	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	140	150976,150977,150978,150981,150982,150983,150985,150986,150987,150988,150992,150994,150995,150996,150998,150999,151001,151002,151003,151004,151008,151010,151011,151014,151015,151017,151018,151019,151020,151021,151022,151023,151024,151027,151029,151031,151032,151033,151034,151037,151038,151039,151040,151041,151042,151043,151044,151048,151049,151052,151053,151055,151056,151059,151060,151061,151062,151065,151069,151071,151073,151074,151075,151076,151078,151079,151081,151082,151083,151084,151086,151087,151089,151091,151092,151093,151094,151095,151096,151097,151098,151099,151100,151101,151102,151104,151105,151107,151110,151111,151112,151113,151115,151116,151119,151123,151124,151126,151127,151129,151131,151133,151135,151136,151138,151139,151140,151143,151144,151145,151146,151147,151148,151150,151153,151155,151156,151158,151159,151162,151164,151165,151166,151167,151170,151175,151178,151179,151180,151183,151186,151187,151188,151189,151192,151193,151194,151195,151196,151200	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	151055	2812
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	150979	762
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	151062	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	151053,151055	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	150982,151179,151187	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	150976,150978,150982,150992,151015,151017,151053,151055,151060,151062,151076,151107,151178,151179,151187,151188,151200	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	151002,151055,151084,151193	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	150976,150977,150978,150982,150987,150992,151002,151004,151014,151017,151022,151029,151032,151037,151039,151043,151052,151053,151055,151060,151062,151076,151082,151086,151087,151101,151107,151111,151112,151115,151123,151129,151139,151140,151143,151153,151155,151164,151166,151167,151170,151175,151178,151179,151186,151187,151188,151200	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	151062,151076,151178,151179,151187,151193,151200	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	150978	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	151060	263
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	151055	5317
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	151036	212

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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