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


mindat Locality ID: 211569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballarat, Panamint District (Ballarat District), Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Amigo Grande Occurrence
Ballarat Saponite Deposit
Lucky Dog Prospect
Surprise Canyon
Unnamed Staurolite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°3'45"N
Longitude: 117°12'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.0625,-117.20916666667
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: Al Bi Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayGypsumKaoliniteNonePyroxeneRocksaltSepioliteSmectite-vermiculiteStaurolite
Stibnite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Diopside  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Saponite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311585881935
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611585844135
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11585846890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11585841398
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411585845591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11585841508
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1158584301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1158584241
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1158590978
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1158584299
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211585842562


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