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


mindat Locality ID: 215197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panamint (old Panamint), Panamint District (Ballarat District), Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
Alta Claim
Anaconda Mine
Argenta Lode (Argenta Claim)
Bachelor No. 2 Mine
Big Bill Claim
Black Rock Nos. 1; 2; 3 And 4 Claims
Christmas Gift Mine
Christmas Lode
Comstock Occurrence (Comstock Claim)
Curran Mine
Dolly Varden Mine (Dolly Varden Claim)
Elephant Claim
Exchequer Lode (Exchequer Claim)
Florence Claim
Gem Claim
General Lee Claim
Gold Note Claim
Gold Star Claim
Golden Terry Claim
Grand View Mine (Anaconda Mine)
Hill Top Claim
Homestake Lode (Home Stake Lode)
Idaho Mine (Idaho Claim)
Ino Claim
Jim Davis Claim
Lacana Mining Inc. Property
Little Chief Granite Dome
Little Chief Prospect
Little Till Claim
Lookout Claim
Madison Occurrence
Magnet Mine
Mammoth Claim
Mohawk Lode (Mohawk Claim)
Nellie M Mine
New York Mine (New York Claim)
No. 1 Mine
North Star Mine
Panamint Mines
Republican Mine
Sentinel Peak Mines
Sheba Lode
Silver Queen Lode
Star Of The West Mine
Summit Mine
Sunset Mine (Star Of Panamint)
Torine Mine
Uncle Sam Lode
Unnamed Au Mine [6]
Unnamed Au Prospect [7]
Valley View Mine (Valley View Claim)
Willow Spring Mine
World Beater Claim

Latitude: 36°6'37"N
Longitude: 117°6'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.110277777778,-117.11194444444
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: Ag Al As Au 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFeldsparMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11586198803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11586191036
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115860227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11586311382
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O115859448
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611586194135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115863224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2158602,15863230554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311586195433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4115861914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115863112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211586025674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11585941107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22158602,15863239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811586029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23158602,158631,15863261156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1158619598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11586026417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115863221482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1158632332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132158631,1586325317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11586194899


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