Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Defense Mine, Lookout City, Lookout District (Modoc District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Defense Mine, Lookout City, Lookout District (Modoc District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°14'42"N
Longitude: 117°27'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.245,-117.46055555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Coronadite	Linarite	Malachite	None
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Anglesite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Ecdemite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*

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 As Br C Ca Cl Cu H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Br C Ca Cl Cu H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Coronadite Linarite Malachite None
Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Ecdemite ()*	None	Pb₆As³⁺₂O₇Cl₄	12
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	71

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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