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Locality Name:
Stanislaus 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: 3446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stanislaus 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°1'17"N
Longitude: 120°30'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.021388888889,-120.50361111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTalc

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)10010008803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1001000489
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21001000361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100100027198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe1001000169
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210010009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS100100024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu100100030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1001000804
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21001000207
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS10010001066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1001000633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O10010002994
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21001000409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100100039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100100061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS100100021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41001000337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)210010003337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1001000190


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00156100100      YesMolybdeniteMo16293Calaveras Co., California, USACalaveras CountyBrock (1972)10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2GSAB83_3391 

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