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:
Uncle Sam Mine (Verrue; Keller; Yates; Simpson; North Fork Mine; Wisconsin Extension; Wisconsin Ext), Forest, Alleghany District (Forest District), Sierra Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 93473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-93473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uncle Sam Mine (Verrue; Keller; Yates; Simpson; North Fork Mine; Wisconsin Extension; Wisconsin Ext), Forest, Alleghany District (Forest District), Sierra Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°29'52"N
Longitude: 120°51'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.497777777778,-120.85305555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Talc

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 Au Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Talc

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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