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Locality Name:
Gold Hill, Shingle Springs District, West Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 264565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Hill, Shingle Springs District, West Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Barbara Mine
Cement Hill And Jordan Placer
Comet Hill Placer
Funny Bug Mine (Pendelco Mine)
Gold Hill Placer
Graner Placer
Hugh B. Newell Placer
Indian Creek Hill Placer
Michael Sweeney Placer
Ori Placer
Sylvester Mine (Sylvester And Schlecher; Silvester & Schleicher [?])

Latitude: 38°45'46"N
Longitude: 120°53'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.762777777778,-120.88361111111
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: As Au C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelStibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11554189052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411554185516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115541827198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115541824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4155415,155418,155422,15542530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3115541814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4115541814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115541812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211554185800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115541839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23155415,155418,15542561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115541821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311554183418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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