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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

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: 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: 
ArsenicAtacamiteBismutiteChalcopyriteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupStibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211255005509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11255001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311255001935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1125500716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112550027198
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211255005800
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61125500158



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