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:
Spanish Flat, Spanish Flat District, East Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 264201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spanish Flat, Spanish Flat District, East Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Alhambra Gold Mine (Alhambra Mine; Atlantic Mine)
Bismark Placer (Bismarck)
Blue Ledge Mine [1]
Blue Ledge Mine [2]
Bon Sorte Mine (Bona Sorte)
Brust Mine (Gold Hill; Asbestos)
Comeback Consolidated Mine (Bear Creek Mine; Summers Mine)
Darling Mine (Chanced Upon)
Division Of Highways Quarry
Gem Placer
Harrison Mine [2]
Henry Waldrick Claim
Herrick & Company Placer
Hope Mine [1]
Montezuma Mine
Old Judge Mine (Old Judge And The Mary Ann [?])
Railroad Placer
Shumway Mine
Warner Placer

Latitude: 38°49'45"N
Longitude: 120°47'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.829166666667,-120.79333333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Talc

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Melonite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	154214	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	154207,154212,154213	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	154207,154209,154211,154212,154214,154220,154221,154222,154224	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	154207	2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	154207	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	154214	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	154207	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	154207,154209,154211,154212,154214,154220,154221,154222,154224	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	154213	4894
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	154212	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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