Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 82371
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-82371.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 201
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 182

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Clearing House District
Hite Cove District
Jerseydale District
Kinsley District
Quartz Mountain [1]

Latitude: 37°38'38"N
Longitude: 119°56'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.643888888889,-119.93666666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Benitoite	Calcite	Cerchiaraite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote	Ericssonite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gillespite	Margarosanite
Melilite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodesite
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Baryte Benitoite Calcite Cerchiaraite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore Epidote Ericssonite Feldspar Garnet Gillespite Margarosanite
Melilite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodesite
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Alforsite ()*	Anandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Benitoite ()*
Bigcreekite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerchiaraite-(Fe) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Devitoite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Esquireite ()*	Fencooperite ()*
Ferroericssonite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fresnoite ()*	Galena ()*	Gillespite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Kinoshitalite ()*	Krauskopfite ()*
Macdonaldite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pellyite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pitticite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sanbornite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titantaramellite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Walstromite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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
Alforsite ()*	Apatite	Ba₅(PO₄)₃Cl	542	251	1	162573	5
Anandite ()*	Mica Clay	BaFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀S(OH)	542	251	1	162573	5
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	162612,162702	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	542	251	3	162573,162613,162618	11547
Benitoite ()*	Benitoite	BaTiSi₃O₉	542	251	1	162573	20
Bigcreekite ()*	None	BaSi₂O₅·4H₂O	542	251	1	162573	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	162572,162619	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	542	251	1	162573	100
Cerchiaraite-(Fe) ()*	Cerchiaraite	Ba₄Fe³⁺₄(Si₄O₁₂)O₂(OH)₄Cl₂[Si₂O₃(OH)₄]	542	251	1	162573	6
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	162566,162630,162662,162687,162743	27198
Devitoite ()*	Astrophyllite	Ba₆Fe²⁺₇Fe³⁺₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂(PO₄)₂(CO₃)O₂(OH)₄	542	251	1	162573	3
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	542	251	1	162573	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	162572	8173
Esquireite ()*	Not in a structural group	BaSi₆O₁₃·7H₂O	542	251	1	162573	2
Fencooperite ()*	None	Ba₆Fe³⁺₃Si₈O₂₃(CO₃)₂Cl₃·H₂O	542	251	1	162573	2
Ferroericssonite ()*	Ericssonite	BaFe²⁺₂Fe³⁺(Si₂O₇)O(OH)	542	251	2	162571,162573	3
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	542	251	1	162573	2740
Fresnoite ()*	Melilite	Ba₂TiO(Si₂O₇)	542	251	1	162573	17
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			12	162569,162595,162614,162630,162648,162653,162678,162684,162687,162690,162702,162717	24243
Gillespite ()*	Gillespite	BaFe²⁺Si₄O₁₀	542	251	1	162573	9
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	162682	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			80	162557,162558,162560,162561,162566,162569,162575,162579,162581,162582,162585,162587,162589,162590,162593,162594,162595,162596,162597,162598,162600,162605,162606,162609,162611,162614,162625,162626,162628,162629,162630,162632,162635,162638,162642,162646,162648,162653,162658,162662,162663,162664,162668,162671,162672,162673,162675,162678,162680,162682,162684,162685,162686,162687,162688,162690,162692,162693,162702,162703,162705,162707,162708,162710,162711,162712,162713,162714,162716,162717,162722,162728,162736,162738,162739,162743,162745,162746,162752,162755	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	162560,162630,162712	2812
Kinoshitalite ()*	Mica Clay	BaMg₃(Si₂Al₂O₁₀)(OH)₂	542	251	1	162573	20
Krauskopfite ()*	None	BaSi₂O₅·3H₂O	542	251	1	162573	6
Macdonaldite ()*	Rhodesite	BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆(OH)₂·10H₂O	542	251	1	162573	5
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	162652	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	162587	471
Pellyite ()*	None	Ba₂CaFe²⁺₂Si₆O₁₇	542	251	1	162573	5
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	542	251	1	162573	1512
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)			1	162612	140
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	162619	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	542	251	20	162566,162569,162573,162595,162614,162630,162653,162658,162662,162671,162673,162678,162680,162682,162687,162690,162702,162712,162717,162743	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	162637,162652	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	542	251	2	162572,162573	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	542	251	64	162557,162558,162560,162566,162569,162572,162573,162581,162582,162589,162593,162594,162595,162596,162598,162600,162606,162609,162611,162626,162628,162630,162632,162642,162646,162648,162653,162658,162662,162663,162664,162668,162671,162672,162673,162675,162677,162678,162680,162682,162684,162685,162686,162688,162690,162692,162702,162703,162707,162708,162710,162711,162712,162713,162714,162722,162728,162736,162738,162739,162743,162745,162752,162755	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	162749	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	162637,162652,162749	969
Sanbornite ()*	None	BaSi₂O₅	542	251	1	162573	13
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			4	162558,162572,162578,162653	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	542	251	1	162573	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	162612	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	162619	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	162629	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	162749	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			6	162560,162595,162614,162678,162687,162702	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	162676	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	162646,162702,162712	5317
Titantaramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Ti,Fe³⁺,Mg)₄(O,OH)₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x	542	251	1	162573	10
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	162572	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	542	251	1	162573	1395
Walstromite ()*	Margarosanite	BaCa₂Si₃O₉	542	251	1	162573	8
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	542	251	1	162573	251
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	162572	1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_491	Trumbull Peak hosts Ba-Silicate lenses within Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks. It is the TL of fencooperite, sanbornite and titantaramellite.

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
	Michelle_491	542	251	Paleozoic		Age of metasedimentary rocks									5530	Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate Deposit, Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA	Trumbull Peak	Dunning and Cooper (1999)		MR30_411	Age of paleozoic metasedimentary rocks that host the barium silicate lenses in which fencooperite and other minerals are found.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060432	Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060432
R061032	Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R061032
R060060	Incline, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060060

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