Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 210330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Pine
Dirty Socks Spring
Fish Springs District (Tinemaha District)
Independence
Manzanar
Olancha
Owens Valley Meteorite

Latitude: 36°46'6"N
Longitude: 118°6'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.768333333333,-118.10388888889

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.

Analcime	Autunite	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Iron	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Analcime ()*	Autunite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Borax ()*	Burkeite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Iron ()*
Kalinite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Natron ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Trona ()*

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 Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na Ni O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Autunite Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Iron None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	158357	1627
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	158360	1272
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	158329	716
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	158331,158334	76
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	1	158357	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	158340	27198
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	158357	57
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	158329,158338,158340,158342,158345,158346,158348,158351	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	158357	1398
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	158361	1089
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	158357	54
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	158357	223
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	1	158357	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	158340,158342	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	158343	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	158338,158340,158342,158345,158346	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	158358	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	158361	703
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	1	158357	64
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	158357	129

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-38849	0.451	0.369	0.41±0.041		38849	79061	Leota Prospect, Fish Springs, Fish Springs District (Tinemaha District), Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-40740	0.55	0.45	0.5±0.05	whole rock	40740	79518	Tinemaha Pit (Fish Springs Pit And Mill), Fish Springs, Fish Springs District (Tinemaha District), Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-18264	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		18264	79519	Tinemaha Rip-Rap Quarry (Tinemaha Materials Site No. 116-5), Fish Springs, Fish Springs District (Tinemaha District), Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-18326	1.8	0	0.9±0.9		18326	79519	Tinemaha Rip-Rap Quarry (Tinemaha Materials Site No. 116-5), Fish Springs, Fish Springs District (Tinemaha District), Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51765	0.22	0.04	0.13±0.09		51765	79519	Tinemaha Rip-Rap Quarry (Tinemaha Materials Site No. 116-5), Fish Springs, Fish Springs District (Tinemaha District), Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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