Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 74532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-74532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alpine Happy Thought Mine (Alpine Mine; Happy Thought Mine; Markleeville; Lewis)
B. And J. Mine
Boulder Hill Mine
Colorado Hill
Esmeralda Mine
Highland Mary Mine
Imperial Group
Joe Larsen Claim
Manchester Mine
Merrimac Mine
Monitor Mine
Red Gap Mine
Silver Hill
Silver Hill Prospects
Winchester Mine

Latitude: 38°39'24"N
Longitude: 119°42'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.656666666667,-119.7075

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	Andalusite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Enargite	Feldspar	Lazulite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Mg O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum
Enargite Feldspar Lazulite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	150575	2793
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	150587	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	150575	9052
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	150577,150588,150590	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	150572,150575,150577,150588,150590	27198
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	150575,150577,150587	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	150575	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	150572,150575,150588	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15	150571,150573,150575,150576,150577,150578,150579,150581,150582,150583,150584,150585,150586,150588,150594	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	150575	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		232
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	150575,150587	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	150575	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	150571,150572,150575,150577,150587,150588,150591,150593	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	150575	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	150571,150573,150575,150576,150577,150578,150579,150581,150582,150583,150584,150585,150586,150590,150593,150594	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	150587	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	150575	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	150575	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	150575	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	150575	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	150575	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	150575	332
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	150575	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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