Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Panamint District (Ballarat District), Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panamint District (Ballarat District), Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 94
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 87

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ballarat
Blue Wing Mine
Panamint (old Panamint)
Panamint [new] (Shadow Mountain)
Sunrise Mine
Telescope Peak

Latitude: 36°6'51"N
Longitude: 117°8'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.114166666667,-117.13666666667

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	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Creedite ()*	Diopside ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite

39 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	1	158674	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	158619	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	158619	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	0		450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	158588	1935
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	158602	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	158631	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	1	158594	48
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	158584,158619	4135
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	158591,158632	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	158602,158632	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	158584	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	158584	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	158619	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	158584	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	158619	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	158631	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	158602	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	158594	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	158584	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	158602,158632	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	158602	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	158602,158631,158632	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	158619	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	158584	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	158584	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	158602	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	158632	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	158590	978
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	158632	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	158631,158632	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	158584	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	158619	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	158584	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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