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:
Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 215293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 136
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 114

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Black Mts
Funeral Mts (Funeral Range)

Latitude: 36°18'10"N
Longitude: 116°40'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.302777777778,-116.66694444444

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Linarite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Adamite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Colemanite ()*	Copper ()*	Darapskite ()*
Datolite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gowerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Howlite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Inyoite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Linarite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Meyerhofferite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Priceite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Gadolinite Gypsum Kaolinite Lazulite Linarite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

43 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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	5.3	0	1	156965	254
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	156939,156941	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	156935	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	73	0	1	156959	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	156956	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	156945	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	156935	1633
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	156941,156957	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	156935	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	156945	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	0	2	156945,156968	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	0	1	156965	2600
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O			3	156939,156957,156958	144
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	0	1	156965	3846
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	73	0	1	156959	31
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	156924	498
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	0	3	156935,156945,156965	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	0	18	156945,156948,156949,156950,156963,156965,156966,156967,156968,156973,157010,157014,157015,157029,157033,157034,157035,157036	30554
Gowerite ()*	None	Ca[B₅O₈(OH)][B(OH)₃]·3H₂O			1	156957	13
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	156934,156957	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	156951	14640
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅			1	156957	36
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O			1	156939	42
Inyoite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O			1	156939	34
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	157051	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	157052	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	157040	232
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	156935	987
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	0	1	156965	255
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O			2	156939,156957	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	156952	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	73	0	1	156959	128
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	156941	1236
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	156935	492
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O			2	156939,156940	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	0	2	156965,156968	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0	19	156937,156945,156948,156949,156950,156963,156965,156966,156967,156968,156973,157010,157014,157015,157029,157033,157034,157035,157036	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	156945	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	156935	2473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	156945	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	73	0	1	156959	299
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			2	156938,156939	433
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			1	156939	160

2 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
	Hg-00109	5.3	0		?-?								Cinnabar, Metacinnabar	Hg	78635	Chloride Cliff Mine, Chloride Cliff, Chloride City, Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District), Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202
	Bradley_2012_048	73	71	72±1	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			257847	Monarch Canyon Mine, Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District), Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	Monarch Canyon	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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