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Locality Name:
Fairplay District, El Dorado Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 215025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fairplay District, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cedarville
Coles Station
Coyoteville
Fair Play
Outingdale
Slug Gulch
Somerset

Latitude: 38°36'1"N
Longitude: 120°39'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.600277777778,-120.66083333333
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 Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMalachite
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinelStibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2115427688
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211542765509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42154251,1542765516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3154251,154276,15430127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11542765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22154251,15427627198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11542763846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611542764135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3154251,154276,1543018173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1154276345
Gold  (*)CopperAu20154238,154240,154242,154243,154244,154250,154253,154256,154257,154259,154262,154265,154266,154270,154276,154278,154284,154291,154293,15429630554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311542761544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4115425114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115427612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211542765800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2154276,1542982349
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2154251,154276494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115430139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21154276771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28154251,154256,154257,154266,154270,154276,154284,15430161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11543014894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11542515186
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311542763418


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