Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 264550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coles Station, Fairplay District, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Arctic Mine (Arctic Bear Mine)
Cosumnes Copper Mine
Hale Mine
Hoepperle Bar Placer Mine
Hutchinson And Woodburn Placer
Longshot Occurrence
Lucinda Mine
Nail Mine
Revoir Prospect
Rocky Bar Placer
Slug Gulch Deposit (Cosumnes)

Latitude: 38°36'50"N
Longitude: 120°36'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.613888888889,-120.60166666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel

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 Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote None Quartz Scheelite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	154251	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	154251	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	154251	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	154251	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	154250,154253,154256,154257,154259	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	154251	14899
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	154251	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	154251,154256,154257	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	154251	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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