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Locality Name:
Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 230.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.5

mindat Locality ID: 208761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 498
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 436

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Bennett Peak
Big Horn Claim
Big Horn Extension Claim
Burro And Mary F. Prospect (Burro And Mary; Burro Claim; Mary F. Claim; Protection Group; Gem Mine; New Discovery Mine; Jail Canyon; Corona Mine)
Butte Valley District
Carbonate District
Chuckawalla Coppers Group
Copper Contacts Group
Cottonwood Creek Headwaters Area
Cottonwood Mts
Death Valley Queen Claim Group
Leadora Claim Group
Manly Peak
Needle Peak
Panamint District (Ballarat District)
Peon Mine
Pinto Peak
Rose Springs District
South Park District
Southeast Terminus Of Panamint Mts
Sugarloaf Peak
Tarantula Mine (Nichols Mine & Millsite;) Wildrose District (Wild Rose District)
Telescope Peak
Unnamed Talc Occurrence [1]
Warm Spring (Indian Ranch)
Wildrose District (Wild Rose District)
Wingate Wash

Latitude: 36°7'50"N
Longitude: 117°8'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.130555555556,-117.14583333333
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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryte
BournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsum
KaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMeliliteMiniumMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PlancheitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSepiolite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteVesuvianite
Wollastonite

96 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Ferrisurite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Ottrélite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2158674,1588412793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11586198803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31743.511584571534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1741743158467,158472,1585312734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)230.43.501588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11586191036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)17417411584673250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11586989052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61741741158484919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2230.43.53158448,158500,1585815509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1741742158426,15847711547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72158453,158581450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311585881935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4230.41744158374,158448,158461,1588495516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311585311089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611584291633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3158508,158531,15869627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62158453,158531359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1741746158419,158455,158467,158472,158531,1587114979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O44158834,158844,158851,158857352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1741365158461,158472,158531,158533,1585815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21743.510158374,158419,158461,158500,158508,158531,158534,158602,158696,15871727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3158631,158822,1588411382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O230.43.54158429,158448,158485,1585003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1743.52158457,1585003846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161158453227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1741743158419,158472,1585814165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O115859448
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1741742158374,1584752970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2174174115846167
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63158584,158619,1587224135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21741743158467,158519,1585319895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1741741158472220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1381364158382,158531,158548,1587228173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1158864484
Ferrisurite  (*)NonePb2.4Fe3+2Si4O10(CO3)1.7(OH)3·nH2O17417411584724
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2230.4225.67158418,158425,158444,158447,158448,158531,1588519617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)174174115847285
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121158581663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17417418158374,158407,158413,158419,158454,158455,158467,158472,158531,158581,158591,158632,158696,158711,158782,158822,158832,15885924243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71158514114
Gold  (*)CopperAu32158374,158407,158454,158529,158567,158571,158572,158575,158602,158632,158696,158708,158709,158710,158712,158713,158717,158719,158732,158759,158777,158815,158816,158820,158821,158827,158828,158830,158832,158833,158859,15886130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3158584,158851,1588596890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11585841398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32158440,15871214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1741744158453,158467,158531,1588221689
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1158506469
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62158531,1588221066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311586195433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63158530,158844,1588512228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411585845591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21741743158453,158472,158531987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4115861914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2230.43.514158448,158460,158461,158462,158471,158472,158475,158500,158507,158518,158533,158547,158631,15884912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211586025674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1741742158471,158486139
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1741743158453,158472,1585941107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41158419247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217417411584805800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11585841508
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)230.4225.61158449884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11585122349
Ottrélite  (*)ChloritoidMn2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2115872459
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O230.43.5074
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21158419158
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1741741158480494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29158440,158602,158632,158696,158712,158717,158832,158851,15885939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211584533106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85158374,158575,158602,158696,1587179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217413640158374,158407,158429,158440,158467,158472,158512,158529,158548,158567,158571,158572,158575,158602,158631,158632,158696,158708,158709,158710,158712,158713,158719,158732,158759,158777,158815,158816,158820,158821,158827,158828,158830,158832,158833,158849,158851,158857,158859,15886161156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1158619598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1158584301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1741365158459,158461,158548,158720,1588494894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32158834,158851179
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1158584241
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2230.43.5071
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2158602,1586966417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1741742158467,1585815186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1741745158453,158467,158531,158782,1588412473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1741748158374,158419,158467,158531,158581,158632,158711,15878221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411583831934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1158590978
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2158851,158853446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S36158834,158844,158847,158851,158853,1588573418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2158632,158840332
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)217158374,158390,158391,158394,158395,158396,158400,158411,158414,158417,158437,158438,158445,158580,158728,158733,1588563337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131741366158419,158475,158550,158631,158632,1587115317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1158584299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11586194899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2230.41745158450,158481,158519,158584,1587112562
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32158844,158851369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1158531605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101741364158457,158481,158552,1587221395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31741747158376,158384,158421,158434,158466,158482,1585631247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41741745158453,158467,158472,158531,1588221655
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13813611585511025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_392Ubehebe Peak is a quartz monzonite intrusion in the Last Chance Mountains of Death Valley National Monument. The host rock are steeply dipping Ordovician and Pennslyvanian strata.
Michelle_393Hunter Mountain batholith is a quartz monzonite intrusion. Shirley Ann Claim is a metamorphosed, heavily faulted, oxidized Pb-Cu deposit occurs in the contact of the Perdido Formation (interbedded limestone) and Hunter Mountain.
Michelle_394White Top Stock intrudes the White Top Backfold.


22 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
Michelle_394230.4225.6228±2.4Ar-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite9-887  Muscovite  256537White Top Mountain, Goldbelt District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USAWhite Top StockSnow et al. (1991)10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<0629:PTPATD>2.3.CO;2G19_629Age of White Top Stock intrusion.
Michelle_393174174174 Age of emplacement and ore mineralization      217764Hunter Mountain, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USAHunter Mountain BatholithChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761JGR87_4761Age of Hunter Mountain Batholith intrusion. Shirley Ann Claim formed with the introduction of the Hunter Mountain batholith in contact with the Mississippian aged Perdido Formation.
NAVDAT-219638.53.56±2.5   21963    78884Green Quartz Claim (Humbug), Hunter Mountain, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219648.53.56±2.5   21964    78884Green Quartz Claim (Humbug), Hunter Mountain, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219658.53.56±2.5   21965    78884Green Quartz Claim (Humbug), Hunter Mountain, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
Michelle_392138136137±1 Age of quartz monzonite and aureole    Forsterite, Periclase, Tremolite, Wollastonite 219930Ubehebe Peak, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USAUbehebe PeakRoselle et al. (1999)10.2475/ajs.299.2.93AJS299_93Age of quartz monzonite intrusion and introduction of magmatic fluids.
NAVDAT-219388.53.56±2.5   21938    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219398.53.56±2.5   21939    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219408.53.56±2.5   21940    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219418.53.56±2.5   21941    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219498.53.56±2.5   21949    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219508.53.56±2.5   21950    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219518.53.56±2.5   21951    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219528.53.56±2.5   21952    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219538.53.56±2.5   21953    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219548.53.56±2.5   21954    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219558.53.56±2.5   21955    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219568.53.56±2.5   21956    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219738.53.56±2.5   21973    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219748.53.56±2.5   21974    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219758.53.56±2.5   21975    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-219768.53.56±2.5   21976    78995Joe McCulley Property, Pinto Peak, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060055Shirley Ann Group (Shirley Ann Claim; Dodd Springs; Trail; Eureka; Sal; June; Bee Em Tee), Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060055

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