Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lee District, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 208758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lee District, Inyo Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lee Flat
Nelson Range
Santa Rosa Hills

Latitude: 36°30'59"N
Longitude: 117°39'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.516388888889,-117.66444444444

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	Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Ettringite
Feldspar	Garnet	Lazulite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stringhamite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Titanite ()*	Whelanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Ettringite
Feldspar Garnet Lazulite Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Sphalerite Titanite

32 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	158231	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	158225	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	158220,158225	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	158231	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	158220	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	158231	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	158220,158227	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	158220,158227	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	158217	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	158220	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	158231	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	158220,158231	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	158231	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	158220,158225,158227	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	158216,158225	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	158217,158231	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	158216,158227	1544
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	158231	1689
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		232
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	158227	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	158220,158231	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	158219	139
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	158225	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	158220	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	158216,158231	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	158231	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	158231	21482
Stringhamite ()*	None	CaCu(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	158227	8
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	158227	1101
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	158227	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	158225	4899
Whelanite ()*	None	Cu₂Ca₆[Si₆O₁₇(OH)](CO₃)(OH)₃(H₂O)₂	1	158227	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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