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Locality Name:
Cerro Gordo Peak, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 220184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Gordo Peak, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bean-Smith Occurrence
Berry Hill Occurrence
Chilula; Gavilan; Montano And San Antino Mine (Gavila Mine; Montano Mine; San Antonio Mine; Benicia Mine; Chilula Claim; Gavilan Claim)
Holiday Nos. 1; 2; And 4 Mine (Holiday #1-2-4)
Lookout No. 1 Occurrence
Newsboy Mine
San Lucas Mine (Perseverance Mine)
Unnamed Chiastolite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [4]

Latitude: 36°33'24"N
Longitude: 117°45'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.556666666667,-117.75583333333
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 As Au Bi C Cu H Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteClayCopperMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
TalcTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511577931310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211577945509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71157791450
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2157786,15779124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3157786,157787,15778830554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115779412537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1157794168
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24157787,157788,157791,15779261156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211577893337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11577941101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311577925317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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