Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 219411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA": 150
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 138

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Antelope Spring
Bigelow
Birch Creek
Black Canyon Spring
Black Mountain
Bullion Mine
Chris Lehmann Anatase Prospect
Crystal Peak (Crystal Hill)
Cuna Spring
Dan Peak
Gibraltar Prospect
Gunter Canyon Area Pumice Deposits
Gunter Canyon Area Pumice Deposits (Virginia Claim; Defiance Claim; Michael No. 1 Claim; Michael No. 1 Claim [patented]; Fearless Claim)
Gunter Canyon Deposit (Gunter Canyon Barite Mine)
Index Hill
Pacific Coast Pyrophyllite Mine
Pine Flat Barite Prospect
Ritch Deposit
Sentinal Peak
Sierra View
Southern Belle Mine (Inyo Gold; Southern Bell; Casey Mine; Mountain Chief; Gold Wedge; Duarte Mine)
Starr Deposit
Unspecified Pb Occurrence [5]
Unspecified Pb Occurrences [4]

Latitude: 37°23'54"N
Longitude: 118°12'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.398333333333,-118.20361111111

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Humite	Linarite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Humite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite
Humite Linarite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

50 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	6	159049,159124,159140,159146,159156,159165	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	159037	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	159037	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	159079	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	159037	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	159113	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	159036,159110,159111,159121,159142,159143,159173	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	159037	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	159032	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	159037,159053,159080,159087,159137	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	159147	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	159132,159147,159156,159174	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	159037,159040,159041,159053,159140,159147	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	159088	1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	159037	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	159037	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	159037	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	159037	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	159037,159041,159049,159053	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	159037,159099,159130	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	159033,159037,159041,159113,159124,159132,159140,159147,159156,159165,159175	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	159027,159040,159041,159049,159057,159059,159061,159099,159103,159128,159140,159156,159165,159172	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	159037	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	159112	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	159141	409
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	159132	1689
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	159037	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	159037	5433
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	159147	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	159037	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	159037,159059,159099	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	159099	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	159037	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	159037,159040,159041,159049,159080,159087,159099	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	159141	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	159027,159037,159040,159041,159049,159057,159059,159079,159080,159081,159087,159099,159103,159128,159135,159172	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	159079	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	7	159037,159049,159053,159081,159087,159135,159147	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	159132	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	159156	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	159037,159113,159124,159132,159140,159156	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	159037	1934
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	159146	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	159088	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	159037	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	159037,159088,159113	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	159037,159099,159113	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	159037	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	159037,159038	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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