Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 174

mindat Locality ID: 211769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Alvord Mine
Anton And Pobst Claims (Anton And Pabst Claims; Inyo)
Cuprotungstite Claim (Right Of Way; Cuprotungtite; Birthday Gift)
Dodd's Spring Occurrence
Eureka Quartzite Occurrence
Green Light Prospect (Greenlight)
Hidden Ledge Prospect
J. O. Mine
Lead King Mine (Lippincott Lead Mine; Lippincott Mine; Lippencott Mine; Confidence Nos 1 & 2 Claims; Lead King Nos. 3 & 5-8 Claims; Southern Lead Mine)
Palmer Prospect (Palmer Deposit)
Sal Group
Scott Group
Shamrock Claim
Shirley Ann Group (Shirley Ann Claim; Dodd Springs; Trail; Eureka; Sal; June; Bee Em Tee)
Sunshine Prospect
Trail Claim
Ulida Mine (Morning Star Mine; Sardine Mine; Maryland Mine; Virginia Mine; Walker Mine; Ulida Mine; Hunter Mine; H. M. Stanley; Sorbia Mine; Vlida Mine; Kabba Riga Mine)
Unnamed Ag Occurrence [10] (Unnamed Skarn Prospect)
Unnamed Baryte Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Hornblende Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Mn Prospect [3]
Unnamed Mo Occurrence [4]
Unnamed Vesuvianite Occurrence [4]
Unnamed Wollastonite Occurrence [2]
Unnamed Zeolite Occurrence [2]
Unspecified Cu Occurrence [2]
Unspecified Cu Occurrence [3]
Unspecified Marialite Occurrence [2]
Windy Hill Prospect

Latitude: 36°36'11"N
Longitude: 117°34'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.603055555556,-117.5675

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite
Fornacite	Linarite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*	Ferrisurite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marialite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite
Fornacite Linarite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Scheelite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	174	174	2	158467,158472	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	174	174	1	158467	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	174	174	1	158484	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	174	174	1	158477	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	174	174	1	158461	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	174	2	158467,158472	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	174	174	2	158461,158472	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	174	1	158461	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	174	174	1	158485	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	174	174	1	158472	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	174	174	1	158475	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	174	174	1	158461	67
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	174	174	1	158467	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	174	174	1	158472	220
Ferrisurite ()*	None	Pb_2.4Fe³⁺₂Si₄O₁₀(CO₃)_1.7(OH)₃·nH₂O	174	174	1	158472	4
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	174	174	1	158472	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	174	174	2	158467,158472	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	174	174	1	158467	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	174	174	1	158472	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	174	6	158460,158461,158462,158471,158472,158475	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	174	174	2	158471,158486	139
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	174	174	1	158472	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	174	174	1	158480	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	174	174	1	158480	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	174	174	2	158467,158472	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	174	174	2	158459,158461	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	174	174	1	158467	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	174	174	1	158467	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	174	174	1	158467	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	174	174	1	158475	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	174	174	1	158481	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	174	174	1	158481	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	174	174	2	158466,158482	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	174	174	2	158467,158472	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_393	Hunter Mountain batholith is a quartz monzonite intrusion. Shirley Ann Claim is a metamorphosed, heavily faulted, oxidized Pb-Cu deposit occurs in the contact of the Perdido Formation (interbedded limestone) and Hunter Mountain.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_393	174	174	174		Age of emplacement and ore mineralization					Yes				217764	Hunter Mountain, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	Hunter Mountain Batholith	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	JGR87_4761	Age of Hunter Mountain Batholith intrusion. Shirley Ann Claim formed with the introduction of the Hunter Mountain batholith in contact with the Mississippian aged Perdido Formation.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060055	Shirley Ann Group (Shirley Ann Claim; Dodd Springs; Trail; Eureka; Sal; June; Bee Em Tee), Big Dodd Spring, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060055

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