Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jacksonville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 244994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244994.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jacksonville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA": 72
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Domingo Peak
Hog Mountain
Jacksonville
Moccasin
Moccasin Peak

Latitude: 37°49'24"N
Longitude: 120°20'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.823333333333,-120.34638888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bementite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Titanite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet
None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5.3	3	183415,183418,183433	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	5.3	1	183388	3092
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	5.3	1	183379	173
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	2	183401,183444	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	1	183420	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5.3	1	183413	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	1	183415	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	32	183382,183384,183385,183387,183388,183389,183390,183392,183394,183396,183399,183400,183401,183402,183403,183405,183406,183408,183411,183412,183422,183423,183427,183430,183431,183434,183436,183437,183438,183440,183442,183445	30554
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	5.3	1	183413	311
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	4	183388,183395,183401,183412	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	4	183388,183399,183401,183406	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	5.3	1	183379	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	5.3	2	183379,183393	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5.3	1	183387	375
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	5.3	1	183448	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5.3	1	183433	4899
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	1	183413	212
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	1	183433	1025

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
	Hg-00034	5.3	0		?-?						Yes		Imiterite	Hg	3581	Golden Rule Mine, Jumper & Golden Rule Group (Jumper Mine; Jumper Claim; Jumper Deposit; New Era Claim), Jamestown Mine (Jamestown Group), Jamestown, Jamestown District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202

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