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:
Shingle Springs, Shingle Springs District, West Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 218992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shingle Springs, Shingle Springs District, West Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Arnett Placer
Barnes-Eureka Mine (Barnes Mine; Greenstone Mine)
Barney Mooney Claim
Barston Placer Mine
Connor Placer
Coyote Hill Mine
Daniel T. Hall Claim
El Dorado Limestone Company Quarry (E. T. Hurley)
Saw Mill Creek Placer
Shaw Mine (Volo Mine; Shan Tez; Shan Tsz)
Shingle Springs Meteorite
Shingle Springs Mine (Shingle Springs Rossi; Docs Mine)
Unidentified Working [1]
Unspecified Cu Occurrence [1]
Unspecified Cu Occurrence [3]
W. N. Skinner Claims
Young Placer

Latitude: 38°40'38"N
Longitude: 120°55'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.677222222222,-120.91722222222

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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Iron	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Talc

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Feldspar Iron None Pyrite Quartz Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Iron ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	155484	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	155488,155489	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	155484	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	155476,155477,155478,155480,155484	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	155476	804
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	155485	1089
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	155484	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	155477,155480,155484,155486	61156
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	155485	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	155484,155486	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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