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Locality Name:
Fiddletown (Oleta), Fiddletown District (Oleta District), Amador Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210271
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210271.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fiddletown (Oleta), Fiddletown District (Oleta District), Amador Co., California, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Betty Lu Placer Mine
Clark Placer Mine
Clipper Placer
Cooper Mine
Deaver Prospect (Reeves Mine)
Del Porto Marble Deposit
Elwood Orr Placer
Fiddletown Deposit
Germolis Prospect (Rodon; Rodonick; Germolie; Cormolis)
Gillett Mine
Gold Placer Gravel Occurrence
Golden Treasure Mine
Indian Gulch Occurrence
Loafer Hill
Lubanko Prospect
Mueller Placer Mine
Oleta Area Quartz Occurrences
Oleta Mine (Smith-Vincent Mine)
Pigeon Drift Mine
Quartz Placers
Rodonich Property
Sunnyside Placer Mine
Tyler's Ranch
Unnamed Au Dredge Tailings [5]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [35]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [37]
Unnamed Au Placer Gravel Deposit [19]

Latitude: 38°29'46"N
Longitude: 120°45'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.496111111111,-120.75277777778
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: Al Au C H Mn O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCopperDiamondGarnetHumiteNoneOlivineQuartzRutile

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Alleghanyite  (*)Diamond  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)22150854,15086077
Diamond  (*)DiamondC2150858,150859697
Gold  (*)CopperAu9150847,150848,150849,150852,150855,150861,150863,150864,15086730554
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211508603106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23150862,150865,15086861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2150854,1508601711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211508685614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311508541214
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)2150854,150860240


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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