Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lincoln, Lincoln District, Placer Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 266342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln, Lincoln District, Placer Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
E. M. Kaufield Mine
Ferrari Property
Lincoln Gold Dredging Company Placer Mine
Lincoln Rock Quarry (Lincoln Quarry)
New Baccarat Placer
Unnamed Au Mine [77] (Dredge Tailings)
Unnamed Au Mine [81] (Dredged Areas)
Unnamed Au Occurrence [64]
Unnamed Cu-Ag Occurrence(s) [1]
Unnamed Granite Quarries [1]
Unnamed Zr Mine [2]
Unnamed Zr Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 38°53'31"N
Longitude: 121°16'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.891944444444,-121.275

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.

Clay	Copper	Coquimbite	Kaolinite	None	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

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 Cu Fe H K O Pt S Sb Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Coquimbite Kaolinite None Tetrahedrite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Coquimbite ()*	Gold ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Platinum ()*
Silver ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	167378	136
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	167370,167371,167372,167374,167375,167376	30554
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	167378	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	167381	5591
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	167372	485
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	167378	5186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	167378	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	167381	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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