Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 145993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 95
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 86

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District)
Echo-Lee District
Indian Pass (Breyfogle Pass; Breyfogle Canyon)
Lee District
Pyramid Peak
Unnamed Gemstone Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°33'39"N
Longitude: 116°44'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.560833333333,-116.73583333333

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Lazulite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Adamite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Darapskite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lazulite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Thénardite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg N Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H N Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Lazulite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	5.3	0	1	156965	254
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	73	0	0		1588
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	0	1	156968	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	0	1	156965	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	0	1	156965	3846
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	73	0	0		31
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	0	1	156965	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	0	14	156963,156965,156966,156967,156968,156973,157010,157014,157015,157029,157033,157034,157035,157036	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	157051	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	157052	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	157040	232
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	0	1	156965	255
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	73	0	0		128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	0	2	156965,156968	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0	14	156963,156965,156966,156967,156968,156973,157010,157014,157015,157029,157033,157034,157035,157036	61156
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	73	0	0		299

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00109	5.3	0		?-?								Cinnabar, Metacinnabar	Hg	78635	Chloride Cliff Mine, Chloride Cliff, Chloride City, Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District), Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202
	Bradley_2012_048	73	71	72±1	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			257847	Monarch Canyon Mine, Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District), Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	Monarch Canyon	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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