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Locality Name:
Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 219267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219267.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sutter Creek, Jackson-Plymouth District, Mother Lode Belt, Amador Co., California, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Ayers Pit (Charlers; Charles)
Baliol Mine
Beatrice Prospect
Capital Occurrence
Central Eureka Mine (Summit Mine)
Comet Prospect
Consumnes River Placers - Plymouth (Cosumnes River Placers)
East Eureka Prospect
Golden Eagle Prospect (Triumph Prospect)
Granite State Prospect
Hubbard And McAdams Prospect
Lincoln Consolidated Mine (Lincoln Mine; Wildman Mine; Mahoney Mine; South Mahoney Mine; Steward Mine; Belmont Mine; Wildman-Mahoney Mine)
Maximilian Prospect
McIntire Mine
Mechanics Mine (Potazuba)
Mutual Mine
Nevada Wabash Mine (Wabash Mine)
No. 1 And No. 2 Prospects
North Lincoln Prospect
Occident Prospect
Sclavonia Prospect
South Eureka Mine
Wabash Prospect
West Eureka Prospect
West Side Prospect

Latitude: 38°23'55"N
Longitude: 120°48'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.398611111111,-120.8025
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2151178,1511798803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24151178,151179,151187,1511883092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4151179,151187,151188,1512009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2151187,15118827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25151175,151178,151179,151188,15119327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4151178,151179,151193,15120024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15151175,151178,151179,151180,151183,151186,151187,151188,151189,151192,151193,151194,151195,151196,15120030554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22151179,15118717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25151178,151179,151187,151188,15120039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811511939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27151175,151178,151179,151186,151187,151188,15120061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5151178,151179,151187,151193,15120021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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