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:
Smithflat, Placerville District, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 78205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-78205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smithflat, Placerville District, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Alvooro Mine (Alveoro)
Benfeldt Mine (Benfield Mine; Rogers)
Benfeldt Rogers Claim (John Benfeldt Claim; Benfeldt; Rogers)
Blue Channel Placer Mine
Carpender Placer (Carpenter)
Chambelain Mine
Deep Channel Placer
Dingman Occurrence
Elf Mine
Fremont Tunnel Placer
George F. Jaeger And Henry Reese Claim Placer (George Jaeger And Henry Reese Claim)
George W. Vineyard Claim
Georgia Hill Tunnel And Hydraulic Placer
Granite Occurrence
Gregory Occurrence
High Tunnel
Horatio L. Robinson Claim
Isaac I. Holmes Claim
Kumfa Mine (Kum Fa Mine; Kum Fu Mine)
Live Oak Occurrence [2]
Mierson Deposit
North Star Mine [1]
Ohio Tunnel Company Placer
Old Henderson And Fryer Placer
Old Stephens Placer
Plattsville Placer
Snow Deposit
Thistle Placer
Thomas Cruson And Rufus H. Olmstead Placer
Thomas Ward Claim
Toll House Mine (Hook And Ladder)
Unknown Diamond Occurrence [4]
Unnamed Abrasives Occurrence [1]
Unspecified Diamond Occurrence [2]
White Rock Diggings Placer
Ziesz-Loomis Placer Mine

Latitude: 38°44'40"N
Longitude: 120°45'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.744444444444,-120.75611111111

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.

Copper	Diamond	None	Quartz

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: Au C O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Diamond None Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Diamond ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	155025,155027	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	154994,154995,154996,154997,154998,155002,155009,155012,155015,155018,155024,155028,155029	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	155002,155015	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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