Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Melones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), 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: 3445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melones Mine, Carson Hill Gold Mining Company Mines (Carson Hill Mines), Melones, Carson Hill District (Melones District), Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°1'0"N
Longitude: 120°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.016666666667,-120.5

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.

Clay	Copper	Melonite	Millerite	Molybdenite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Tetradymite

Altaite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Petzite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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 Au Bi Fe H Hg Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Bi Fe H Hg Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Melonite Millerite Molybdenite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Tetradymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	100	100	489
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	100	100	361
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	100	100	169
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	100	100	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	100	100	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	100	100	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	5800
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	100	100	409
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	100	100	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	100	100	190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	100	100	510

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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