Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 213973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emigrant Basin, Tuolumne Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sachse Monument
Snow Lake

Latitude: 38°9'21"N
Longitude: 119°38'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.155833333333,-119.64666666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	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 Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	183322	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	183317,183323,183325,183327	8173
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	183322,183327	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	183322	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	183317	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	7	183317,183321,183322,183323,183324,183325,183326	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	183322,183327	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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