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:
Sultana Mine (Electric Mine; Sultana-Orleans Mine), Empire Star Group (Empire Star Mines Company Holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley District, Nevada Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 267879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sultana Mine (Electric Mine; Sultana-Orleans Mine), Empire Star Group (Empire Star Mines Company Holdings), Grass Valley, Grass Valley District, Nevada Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Betsey Shaft (Betsy)
Centennial Mine
Green Mountain Mine
Houston Hill Mine
Madison Hill Quartz Mine (Madison Hill Qtz)
Orleans Mine
Prescott Hill Mine (Betsy; Sandera Ledge Prospect; Teddy Lode; Houston Hill)
Sebastopol Mine

Latitude: 39°11'56"N
Longitude: 121°2'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.198888888889,-121.03805555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	165442	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	165444	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	165443,165444,165445,165446,165448,165449	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	165444,165448	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	165443,165444,165445,165446,165448,165449	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	165444	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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