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Locality Name:
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic District, Bodie Hills, Mono Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 83056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-83056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic District, Bodie Hills, Mono Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°20'59"N
Longitude: 119°8'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.349722222222,-119.14833333333

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: Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu H K Mn O S Se Si Te W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu H K Mn O S Se Si Te W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteColumbiteCopperMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bodieite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Juabite  (*)Mixite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Teineite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Xocomecatlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bodieite  (*)Not in a structural groupBi3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)04
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O040
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Juabite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaCu10(Te4+O3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4H2O06
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Teineite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O014
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2052
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)4010



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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