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Locality Name:
Thompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 174

mindat Locality ID: 3479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thompson Mine, Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°16'55"N
Longitude: 117°35'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.281944444444,-117.59083333333
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn V W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledonite
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCylindriteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite
TungstiteWollastonite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Creedite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S17417402793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)17417402734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)217417405509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi17417401966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS417417405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)617417401633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)174174027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61741740359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)17417404979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2174174027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl17417401382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O17417403531
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O174174048
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O617417404135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17417408173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41741740163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF217417409617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9174174052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS174174024243
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3174174037
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O17417406890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)617417401066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)617417402228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21741740987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2174174012537
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61741740477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2174174039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl17417401725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2174174061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)17417404894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS174174021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41741740668
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS17417402045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1317417405317
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1741740118
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1741740605
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO317417401247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO417417401655


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00455174174174     Yes  23498Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USADarwinSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Jen_0001471174174174 age of associated magmatismscheelite  YesScheelite  3467Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USADarwinPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 

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