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:
Carson Hill, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 23945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carson Hill, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Allison-Merrimac Group (Merrimac)
Bishop Marble Place (Bishop Marble Placer Mine)
California Ophir Mine
Canepa Mine
Carabon & Good Chance Mine
Chaperral Hill Group (Rothschild; Chaparral Hill; Vanderbilt; Bright Star; Felicie)
Columbia Mine (Columba)
Finnegan Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mine (Finnegan Extension Claim; Finnegan Purchase Claim; Finnegan Claim; Tarbot Homesite Claim)
Golden Queen Prospect
Gould Mine (Diego Tariff Reform Claim; A. P. A. Claim; Boston Claim)
Hardy Mine (Hardy Claim; McCreight Reed Claim)
Imperial Mine
Iron Rock Mine
Irwin & McMillan Mine
Long Gulch Mine
McKinley Mine
Meeker Mine
Missouri & Santa Ana Mine
Missouri Mine
Morris Mine
Murray Bonanza Mine
Peirano Mine (Santa Ana)
Point Rock Occurrence
Reed Mining Claim (Luca & Luca Extension Mining Claim)
Romaggi & Costa Mine (Gold Hill Mine; Bruner Mine; Osborn Mine; Evening Star Mine; Spring Gulch Construction; Bald Hill Mine; St Lawrence Mine)
Senora Mine
Smith & Crooks Mine (Smith And Crooks Mine; Crooks & Smith; Crooks And Smith)
Three Brothers Mine
Tullock Mine (Little John; Brown Mine; Eddie B.)
Unknown Au Prospect [32]
Unknown Baryte Occurrence [1]
White Oak No. 1 Mine
Whittle Mine

Latitude: 38°1'55"N
Longitude: 120°30'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.031944444444,-120.51611111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite

27 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	100	100	0		489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	100	100	1	153086	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	100	100	0		708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100	100	1	153092	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	100	100	0		361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	1	153094	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	100	100	0		1756
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	100	100	0		169
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	100	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	1	153090	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	28	153061,153063,153064,153065,153066,153068,153069,153070,153071,153072,153073,153075,153077,153078,153079,153080,153081,153082,153083,153085,153086,153087,153088,153089,153090,153092,153093,153094	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	100	100	0		804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	1	153074	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	100	100	0		207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	100	100	0		1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	153090	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	100	100	0		409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	2	153072,153094	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	24	153061,153063,153064,153065,153069,153071,153072,153073,153075,153077,153078,153079,153081,153082,153083,153085,153086,153087,153088,153089,153090,153092,153093,153094	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	100	100	0		5614
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	100	100	0		337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	153083	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	100	100	0		190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	100	100	0		510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	100	100	0		5317

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
	Mo-00156	100	100								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	16293	Calaveras Co., California, USA	Calaveras County	Brock (1972)	10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2	GSAB83_3391

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