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


mindat Locality ID: 209524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mogul Peak, Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alpine Mine (2)
Black Jack Mine
Fremont Mine
Good Hope Mine
Keneback Occurrence
Marion Mine
Mogul Peak Prospect (Mogul Peak Mine)
Morning Star Mine (Curtz Mine; Ardis Mine)
Orion Mine (Orian Mine)
Silver Cloud Mine (2)

Latitude: 38°41'25"N
Longitude: 119°42'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.690277777778,-119.70722222222
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperEnargiteNonePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11506032793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62150602,150603966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2150603,1506049052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)115060311547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311506031935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22150603,15060427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11506022600
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21150603246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42150603,150604910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41150603163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121150603663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3150597,150603,15060424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4150598,150599,150601,15060330554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13115060372
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41150603198
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1150603716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311506031425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115060339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25150598,150599,150601,150603,15060461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1150603712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115060321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41150603586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1150603332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11506032045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311506031803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311506035317


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