Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Leviathan Peak
Loope (Monitor; Loopeville)
Mogul Peak

Latitude: 38°40'42"N
Longitude: 119°41'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.678333333333,-119.68583333333

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Feldspar	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Lazulite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Feldspar Gypsum
Halotrichite Lazulite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*
Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Römerite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	150570,150575,150603	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	150602,150603	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	150570	1310
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	150587	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	150575,150603,150604	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	150603	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	150603	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	150568	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	150577,150588,150590	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	150568,150572,150575,150577,150588,150590,150595,150603,150604	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	150568,150602	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	150568	2970
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	150603	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	6	150575,150577,150587,150595,150603,150604	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	150603	163
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	150575,150603	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	150570,150572,150575,150588,150597,150603,150604	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	150567,150568,150571,150573,150575,150576,150577,150578,150579,150581,150582,150583,150584,150585,150586,150588,150594,150598,150599,150601,150603	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	1	150603	72
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	150568	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	150568	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	150575	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	150570	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	150570	232
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	150603	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	150568	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	150568	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	150568	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	4	150570,150575,150587,150603	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	150570,150575,150603	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	150568,150571,150572,150575,150577,150587,150588,150591,150593,150603	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	150575	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	150568,150571,150573,150575,150576,150577,150578,150579,150581,150582,150583,150584,150585,150586,150590,150593,150594,150598,150599,150601,150603,150604	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	150587,150603	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	150575	1711
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	150568	115
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	150570	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	150575	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	150575	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	150575,150603	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	150575,150603	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	3	150570,150575,150603	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	150568,150569,150603	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	150603	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	150570	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	150570,150575,150603	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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