Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ubehebe Peak, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 138
Youngest recorded age at locality: 136

mindat Locality ID: 219930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ubehebe Peak, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Blue Jay Mine (Bluejay Claim; Apex; Jarosite Claim Group; Jarosite Lode Group)
Bonanza Prospect (Bonanza Claim; Hessen Clipper Nos. 1 And 2 Claims)
Copper Queen Claim
Inyo Copper Mines And Smelter Co. Property
Mary V. Prospect
Sally Ann Prospect (Copper Knife)
Shorty Harris Mine (Shorty Harris Prospect)
Unnamed Axinite Occurrence [2]
Unnamed Mercurian Tetrahedrite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Thulite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Vesuvianite Occurrence [3]

Latitude: 36°40'27"N
Longitude: 117°35'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.674166666667,-117.58694444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Malachite	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Malachite None Quartz Scheelite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	138	136	1	158533	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	138	136	1	158534	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	138	136	1	158548	8173
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	138	136	2	158533,158547	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	138	136	1	158548	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	138	136	1	158548	4894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	138	136	1	158550	5317
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	138	136	1	158552	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	138	136	1	158551	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_392	Ubehebe Peak is a quartz monzonite intrusion in the Last Chance Mountains of Death Valley National Monument. The host rock are steeply dipping Ordovician and Pennslyvanian strata.

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_392	138	136	137±1		Age of quartz monzonite and aureole							Forsterite, Periclase, Tremolite, Wollastonite		219930	Ubehebe Peak, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	Ubehebe Peak	Roselle et al. (1999)	10.2475/ajs.299.2.93	AJS299_93	Age of quartz monzonite intrusion and introduction of magmatic fluids.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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