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Locality Name:
Daulton, Daulton District, Madera Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 81726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-81726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daulton, Daulton District, Madera Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Apex Copper Mine (Apax)
Bach Mine
Bagnelli Occurrence
Buchenau Quarry
California-Nevada Occurrence
Copper Queen Mine
Daulton Group
Iron Mountain (2)
Questo Mine
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)

Latitude: 37°8'26"N
Longitude: 119°59'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.140555555556,-119.98944444444
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: Al As C Cl Co Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteConnelliteCopperCubaniteMalachiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511620761310
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41162079246
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22162076,1620795509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11620865707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24162075,162076,162079,16208627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1162075966
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1162081295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11620863846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31162076802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116207924243
Graphite  (*)NoneC11620752812
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2116208412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116207517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116207539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83162075,162076,1620799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116207561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2162075,16207921482


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