Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Melones, 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: 31606
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31606.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alta Mine [1]
Ariola Mine
Belle Mine
Carson Creek Mine
Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines)
Carson Hill Mine (Carson Hill Surface Mine)
Donald C. Mine
Dr. H. C. Hucks Occurrence (Hucks Dr. H.C.; Huck Et Al.)
Gopher Mine
M. G. Mine
Our Flag Et Al Mine
Patsy Bob Mine (Patsy Rob; Rio Vista)
Rising Star Mine
Rising Sun Mine
Sunny Side Mine
Twin Tree Mine

Latitude: 38°0'46"N
Longitude: 120°29'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.012777777778,-120.49805555556

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Opal ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite

30 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	1	153110	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	100	100	3	153104,153106,153110	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	100	100	1	153100	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	100	100	1	153100	2060
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	100	100	3	153104,153106,153110	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	2	153100,153110	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	100	100	1	153106	1382
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	100	100	2	153104,153110	169
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	100	1	153110	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	3	153100,153110,153118	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	22	153096,153097,153098,153099,153100,153101,153102,153103,153104,153106,153109,153110,153111,153113,153115,153116,153117,153118,153119,153120,153121,153122	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	100	100	1	153101	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	100	100	2	153104,153110	804
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	100	100	1	153101	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	1	153104	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	100	100	2	153104,153110	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	100	100	2	153104,153110	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	1	153104	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	2	153100,153108	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	100	100	1	153110	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	100	100	1	153110	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	100	100	3	153104,153106,153110	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	3	153100,153110,153118	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	19	153096,153097,153098,153099,153100,153101,153102,153103,153106,153110,153111,153115,153116,153117,153118,153119,153120,153121,153122	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	1	153110	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	100	100	3	153104,153106,153110	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	4	153100,153101,153104,153110	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	100	100	2	153104,153110	190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	100	100	2	153104,153106	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	100	100	1	153099	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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