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:
Central Eureka Mine (Summit Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 8111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Eureka Mine (Summit Mine), Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Old Eureka Mine (Eureka Mine; Amador Consolidated Mine; Hetty Green Mine; Hayward Mine; Amador Claim; Maxwell Claim; Alpha Claim; Railroad Claim)

Latitude: 38°23'16"N
Longitude: 120°47'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.387777777778,-120.79861111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	151179	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	151179	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	151179	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	151179	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	151179	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	151179	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	151179	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	151179	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	151179	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	151179	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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