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Locality Name:
Shirley 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, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 7030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7030.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shirley 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, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°34'15"N
Longitude: 117°34'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.570833333333,-117.57527777778

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: As C Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCovelliteFornaciteLinariteMalachiteNoneQuartz
RocksaltScheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Covellite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Ferrisurite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)17417402734
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)17417404979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S17417405707
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS17417404165
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1741740220
Ferrisurite  (*)NonePb2.4Fe3+2Si4O10(CO3)1.7(OH)3·nH2O17417404
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)174174085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS174174024243
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21741740987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2174174012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl17417401107
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2174174061156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO417417401655



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
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.


1 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_393174174174 Age of emplacement and ore mineralization   Yes  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.


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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