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Locality Name:
Lee District, Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 208758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lee District, Inyo Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lee Flat
Nelson Range
Santa Rosa Hills

Latitude: 36°30'59"N
Longitude: 117°39'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.516388888889,-117.66444444444

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 Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteEttringite
FeldsparGarnetLazuliteLepidocrociteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltScapoliteSphaleriteTitanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marialite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stringhamite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Whelanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11582312793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11582258803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32158220,1582251534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11582312734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211582205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)115823111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42158220,1582275516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2158220,15822727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11582174979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115822027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11582311382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2158220,1582313531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11582313846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63158220,158225,1582274135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2158216,1582258173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2158217,15823124243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32158216,1582271544
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11582311689
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)20232
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1158227581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22158220,15823112537
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1158219139
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211582251898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115822039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22158216,15823161156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11582312473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115823121482
Stringhamite  (*)NoneCaCu(SiO4)·H2O11582278
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11582271101
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1158227183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11582254899
Whelanite  (*)NoneCu2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)211582274



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