Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Volcano, Volcano District, Amador Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 73984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volcano, Volcano District, Amador Co., California, USA": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 45
Child Localities:
Ama Oro Mine (Whitmore)
American Cement Company Property
Babcock Occurrence
Battle Mountain Occurrence
Big Gulch Claim
Black Chasm Cavern
Boardman Placer Mine
Caledonia Mine
Clapboard Placer Mine
Cleveland Consolidated Placer Mine (Cleveland Cons.)
Columbus Gold Gravel Placer (Columbus Gold Gravel; Columbus Gold Gravel Drift)
Denend Placer Mine
Downs Mine
Elephant Hydraulic Mine
Fort Ann Mine (Acme; Robinson)
Garibaldi Dredge
Golden Gate Prospect [1]
Humbug Diggings Placer Mine
Jackass Gulch
Kate Gray Placer
Lagomaraino Drift Tunnel Placer
Live Oak Mine
Ludekins Placer
Madeira Mine
Mokelumne Placer
Moore Creek Mining Company Property
Owens Illinois Inc. Property
Parker Occurrence
Perini Deposit (Perini Peyton Et Al Lease)
Rancheria
Sierra Madre Stone Company Property
Stacy Manganese Mine (Stirnaman Mine; Stirnaman Property)
Three-In-One Mine
Tri Mountain Occurrence
Union Flat Placer
Unknown Au Occurrence [29]
Unknown Diamond Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Au Mine [36]
Unnamed Au Mine [40]
Unnamed Au Prospects [46]
Unnamed Mn Occurrence [2]
Unspecified Old Tunnel
Volcano Limestone Deposit
Votaw Ranch Placer Mine
Wagon Wheel Occurrence

Latitude: 38°27'38"N
Longitude: 120°37'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.460555555556,-120.63166666667

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile

Calcite ()*	Diamond ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diamond Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite None
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	151266,151285	27770
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	3	151280,151296,151305	697
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	151285	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	18	151261,151263,151268,151269,151270,151271,151273,151274,151276,151279,151283,151284,151285,151286,151289,151296,151297,151312	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	151292	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	151292	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	151310	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	151310	28
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	151305	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	151276	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	151290,151309	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	151261,151269,151276,151285,151305	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	151290,151300	969

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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