Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Panamint Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panamint Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Dry Lake
Manly Fall
Panamint Dunes
Panamint Springs
Panamint Valley Quarry (Paniment Valley Quarry And Mill)
Sad Mistake Claim (Water Canyon Mine And Mill Site)
Silver Star Prospect
Surprise Mine
Unnamed Cu-Au Prospect [2]

Latitude: 36°9'19"N
Longitude: 117°19'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.155277777778,-117.32666666667

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Rhabdophane
Rocksalt

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Rhabdophane
Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Smithsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	158879	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	158869	82
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	158879	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	158879	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	158879	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	158879	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	158879	1107
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	158879	1725
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	158879	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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