Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quartzburg, Hornitos District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 7957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartzburg, Hornitos District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Badger Mine (Prescott Mine; Prescott Lode Claim)
Black Cat Mine
Blue Lead Occurrence
Blue Moon Mine (Porcupine Mine; Blue Cloud Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Percupine Mine; American Eagle Mine; Bullion Hill Mine)
Bronsen Manganese Claim
Enterprise Mine (Barcroft Mine)
Georgia Mine
Ginaco 1 And 2 Claims
Guest Mine
Independence Claims (Starlight)
Jessie Mine (Kay Lode; Kay Lode Extension)
Mount Gaines Mine (Frenchman Mine; Bearfield Mine; Barfield Mine; Mount Gaines Gold Mine)
Number Eight Mine
Number Five Mine (Monte Carlo Mine; Number 5 Claim; Jack Quartz Claim; Standby Fractional Claim; No. 5 Extension Claim)
Number Nine Mine (Yosemite Ginaca Mine; Bill Jones And McCall Mine)
Number One Mine (Martin Quartz Mine)
Organeta Mine
Poole Mine (Poole Track)
Porcupine Placer Mine
Quartzburg School
Silver Lead Mine (St. Gabriel And Honeycomb Mine; Silver Lead & Margaretta Mine; Silver Lead Claim; Margaretta Claim; St. Gabriel Claim; Honeycomb Claim)
St. Gabriel Mine
Sunset I Group (Trujillo; Sunset Claim; South Sunset Extension Claim; La Venue & Nacimiento Del Oro Claim)
Unnamed Au Placer [16]
Unnamed Au Property [55]
Unnamed Au Prospect [15]
Yellow Jacket Claim

Latitude: 37°32'12"N
Longitude: 120°11'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.536666666667,-120.19611111111

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Malachite	Mica	None	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Platinum ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na O Os Pb Pt Ru S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Malachite Mica None Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite

29 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	163339	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	163339	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	170	170	2	163331,163339	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	163339	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	170	170	1	163331	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	170	170	1	163331	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	170	170	4	163328,163331,163339,163349	27198
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS			1	163348	124
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	170	170	2	163331,163354	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	170	170	3	163331,163339,163349	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			15	163328,163329,163333,163336,163339,163340,163341,163342,163344,163345,163346,163348,163349,163351,163353	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	170	170	2	163331,163353	14640
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	163348	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			1	163348	128
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	170	170	1	163331	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	170	170	1	163331	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	163348	169
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	163348	485
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	163339	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	163334	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	170	170	8	163328,163331,163339,163341,163342,163349,163353,163354	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	170	170	12	163329,163331,163333,163336,163339,163340,163341,163342,163344,163349,163353,163354	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	163332	969
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru			1	163348	46
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	170	170	3	163331,163339,163349	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	163354	2045
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe			1	163348	66
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	170	170	1	163331	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	163353	433

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-01024	170	170	Jurassic										S	81941	Blue Moon Mine (Porcupine Mine; Blue Cloud Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Percupine Mine; American Eagle Mine; Bullion Hill Mine), Quartzburg, Hornitos District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA	Blue Moon	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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