Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coleta, Alabama Copper Belt, Clay Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 278963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coleta, Alabama Copper Belt, Clay Co., Alabama, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hatchet Creek Prospect (Main Deposit)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenic	Atacamite	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Stibnite

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: Bi C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Atacamite Bismutite Chalcopyrite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Stibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Paratacamite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	125500	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	125500	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	125500	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	125500	716
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	125500	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	125500	5800
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	125500	158

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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