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:
Providence Gold Quartz Mine (Providence Gold Qtz; Providence Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City District, Nevada Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 84603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-84603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Providence Gold Quartz Mine (Providence Gold Qtz; Providence Mine), Nevada City, Nevada City District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ural Vein

Latitude: 39°15'19"N
Longitude: 121°2'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.255277777778,-121.035

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	166016	489
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	0		272
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	166016	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	0		1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	166016	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	166016	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	166016	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	166016	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	166016	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	166016	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	166016	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	166016	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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