Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Moore Creek Mine (Moore Creek Deposit; Bay Horse Mine; Whitehorse; White Horse Mine), Garnet Hill, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 75650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-75650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moore Creek Mine (Moore Creek Deposit; Bay Horse Mine; Whitehorse; White Horse Mine), Garnet Hill, Calaveras Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°28'0"N
Longitude: 120°15'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.466666666667,-120.25

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.

Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Scheelite	Titanite

Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz
Scheelite Titanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	100	100	260
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	100	100	345
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	100	100	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	100	100	4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	100	4899

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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