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:
Sacramento Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 68063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sacramento Co., California, USA": 91
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 71

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arcade
Arden Town
Bacon Pit
Clay
Cosumne
Elk Grove
Folsom District
Live Oak
Michigan Bar District
Prairie City
Sacramento
Walltown
Walmort
Wilton

Latitude: 38°29'19"N
Longitude: 121°12'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.488611111111,-121.21305555556

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	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Chromite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Irarsite ()*
Iridium ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Osmium ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Cr Fe H Ir O Os Pb Pt Ru S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	170029,170066	3902
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	170017	110
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	170052	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	38	169992,169996,169998,169999,170000,170001,170008,170009,170014,170015,170018,170019,170021,170022,170024,170026,170028,170031,170033,170034,170036,170037,170038,170043,170044,170050,170051,170052,170053,170056,170058,170059,170060,170061,170071,170073,170074,170077	30554
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	170017	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	170017	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	170055	5591
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	170017	169
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	5	170017,170026,170031,170036,170052	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	170052	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	170030	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	1	170017	47
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	170017	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	170052	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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