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:
Helen Mine (Helen Mine Group; Dead Broke Mine; American Mine), Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 80822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-80822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Helen Mine (Helen Mine Group; Dead Broke Mine; American Mine), Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°44'28"N
Longitude: 122°42'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.741111111111,-122.7

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	Aragonite	Epsomite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Fe H Hg Mg O S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Hg Mg O S Se Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Epsomite Marcasite None Pyrite Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epsomite ()*	Idrialite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Tiemannite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2.9	3250
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2.9	2600
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2.9	484
Idrialite ()*	None	C₂₂H₁₄	2.9	15
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2.9	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2.9	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2.9	255
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2.9	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2.9	39462
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	2.9	83

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
	Hg-00110	2.9	0		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Schuetteite, Tiemannite	Hg	80795	East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA		Smith et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.029	EPSL269_399

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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