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Locality Name:
Keystone-Union Mine (Calaveras Copper), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis Group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 75449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-75449.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keystone-Union Mine (Calaveras Copper), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis Group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°58'35"N
Longitude: 120°38'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.976388888889,-120.64277777778

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: Cu Fe O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteNonePyriteQuartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2170170027198
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2170170039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2170170061156



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00156100100      YesMolybdeniteMo16293Calaveras Co., California, USACalaveras CountyBrock (1972)10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2GSAB83_3391 
vms-01034170170Jurassic       S75449Keystone-Union Mine (Calaveras Copper), Copperopolis Mines (Copperopolis Group), Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USAKeystone-UnionMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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