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Locality Name:
Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono Co., California, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Minnie Mine
Patterson District
West Walker District (West Walker River District)
Wild Horse Mountain

Latitude: 38°29'3"N
Longitude: 119°24'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.484166666667,-119.40611111111
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 Au Ba Bi Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteBranneriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelStibniteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Stephanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2164424,1644282793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116444611547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311644511935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O62164443,164451248
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116442827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl4164403,164413,164424,1644281382
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3164414,164415,164428345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211644319617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116442824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9164419,164420,164423,164424,164425,164427,164428,164435,16443930554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1164437717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116442814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2164413,164428804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42164428,16443714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25164413,164418,164428,164434,1644365800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24164413,164424,164428,16443539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211164413,164418,164419,164420,164423,164425,164427,164428,164435,164439,16445161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2164435,1644494894
Silver  (*)CopperAg2164424,1644285186
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41164406586


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