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Locality Name:
East Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 77955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-77955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 71
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 63

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grizzly Flat District
Hazel Creek Mine
Spanish Flat District

Latitude: 38°45'0"N
Longitude: 120°36'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.75,-120.61388888889
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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMeloniteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11541639052
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21154214361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3154207,154212,15421327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23154163,154175,15419027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11541828173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5154163,154166,154169,154175,15419024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu37154157,154158,154159,154161,154163,154164,154165,154166,154167,154169,154171,154173,154174,154175,154176,154178,154179,154180,154183,154184,154185,154186,154187,154190,154194,154201,154203,154204,154207,154209,154211,154212,154214,154220,154221,154222,15422430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11542072812
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211541825800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2115420717380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21154214409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26154163,154166,154169,154175,154190,15420739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11541971725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO238154157,154158,154159,154161,154163,154164,154165,154166,154167,154169,154171,154173,154174,154175,154176,154178,154179,154180,154182,154183,154184,154185,154186,154187,154190,154194,154197,154203,154204,154207,154209,154211,154212,154214,154220,154221,154222,15422461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2154182,1542134894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5154163,154166,154169,154175,15419021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311541633418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211542123337


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