Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Diamond Springs, Placerville District, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 215374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diamond Springs, Placerville District, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Bear Hill Placer
California Mine [2]
Champion Mine
Chili Ravine Mine
Choller Mine (Manzanita Queen & King)
Cincinnati Mine [1]
Concordia Mine
Diamond Hill Placer
Diamond Springs Limestone Deposit
Diamond Springs Mine (Diamond Springs Placer)
Dunn-Vandenburg Mine
East Mother Lode Mine
Eden Consolidated Mine
Elliott Mine (Sir Walter Raleigh)
Fraction Mine
Griffith Consolidated Mine (Griffith Mine; Griffith Claim; Bryant Claim)
Hall And Williams Placer
Larkin Mine
Live Oak Mine [1]
Marguerite Mine (Margurite Mine)
Mary J. Hickey Claim
Phillip N. Hufft Claim
Rattler Mine
Rine Gold And Keystone Mine (Rinegold And Keystone; Ringgold And Keystone)
Robert Nelson Claim
Stewart Placer
Sugar Loaf Placer
Superior Mine (Tin Cup Mine; Superior Tin Cup Mine)
Superior North Extension Mine (Superior No. Ext.)
Wheelock Placer

Latitude: 38°41'59"N
Longitude: 120°48'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.699722222222,-120.8025

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.

Copper	None	Quartz

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: Au C Ca Fe O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	154855	3092
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	154839,154840,154841,154842,154843,154844,154847,154848,154849,154850,154851,154852,154853,154855,154856,154857,154860,154861,154863,154865,154866	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	154839,154840,154842,154843,154844,154848,154849,154850,154851,154852,154853,154856,154857,154860,154861,154865,154866	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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