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Locality Name:
Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 23498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA": 64
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Darwin
Ophir Mountain

Latitude: 36°17'2"N
Longitude: 117°36'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.283888888889,-117.6
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Se Si U W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenolite
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBismutiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCylindriteDevillineDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteGypsumJunoiteKaoliniteKobelliteLillianite
LinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMeliliteMeneghiniteMicaMiniumMonaziteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPavonitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TungstiteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

122 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Crocoite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Eskimoite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)
Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Junoite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)
Krupkaite  (*)Larnite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Matildite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pavonite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vikingite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1741743157390,157396,1574052793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31741746157388,157397,157399,157401,157408,1574261534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1741747157393,157396,157399,157401,157405,157423,1574312734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)17417401588
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41741740246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)17417411574313250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1741742157389,1574059052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O617417402060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61741743157388,157390,157408919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O17417401272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21741742157396,1574025509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1741744157390,157393,157420,15742111547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71741740450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1741743157396,157399,1574011966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31741743157399,157400,1574011935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1741743157399,157401,157408716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS417417411573965516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1741741157390483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61741742157396,1574081633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17417424157382,157384,157386,157388,157390,157392,157393,157395,157396,157397,157405,157406,157408,157414,157417,157420,157421,157422,157423,157424,157426,157431,157433,15744027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61741742157396,157440359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)17417419157386,157388,157390,157392,157393,157394,157395,157396,157397,157399,157401,157405,157420,157422,157423,157425,157426,157431,1574404979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41741741157432352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1741740925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S17417411573805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217417417157380,157382,157389,157390,157396,157397,157400,157402,157405,157407,157408,157417,157421,157423,157426,157429,15744027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1741742157389,1573961382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O17417411157380,157382,157390,157392,157396,157397,157402,157407,157408,157417,1574233531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41741740951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1741740281
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17417401025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1741740363
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51741740344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS17417411573904165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O1741743157389,157390,15739648
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)1741742157377,15738981
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1741745157382,157402,157407,157417,1574292970
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S5174174115740818
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61741743157390,157396,1574314135
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41741740910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1741742157396,1574268173
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S361741742157405,15742620
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41741741157396163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF217417416157382,157388,157390,157392,157395,157396,157397,157399,157401,157405,157417,157420,157423,157426,157431,1574409617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.91741742157396,15739752
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18174174115742643
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17417425157377,157386,157388,157389,157390,157391,157392,157393,157394,157395,157396,157397,157399,157401,157405,157406,157420,157421,157422,157423,157425,157426,157431,157434,15744024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41741742157408,157426192
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71741741157414114
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231741740133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1741743157388,157402,1574087437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1741743157377,157389,15743830554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1741741157405188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31741743157390,157395,1574141544
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se31741742157396,15739737
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S61741742157408,157426113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1741745157389,157390,157396,157397,1574146890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3174174115738814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1741745157388,157390,157408,157423,1574311689
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S91741743157405,157408,15742666
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O174174115742862
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61741745157388,157390,157393,157396,1574311066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61741744157388,157389,157396,1573972228
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)161741743157408,157425,15742618
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F174174115740146
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6174174115742580
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)174174115741448
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21741740265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21741744157380,157390,157396,157440987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO1741740139
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41741741157431198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41741742157389,15740514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21741749157382,157388,157390,157396,157402,157405,157407,157417,15742912537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1741740202
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21741742157391,157405252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1741740915
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1741741157426255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl17417401107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41741740247
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O17417411573901508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2174174115739017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O17417411573882994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1741744157390,157401,157426,1574402349
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S51741742157408,15742672
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61741743157390,157393,157396477
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1741741157415494
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41741741157389369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217417421157377,157382,157388,157389,157390,157395,157396,157397,157399,157400,157405,157408,157414,157420,157421,157423,157424,157425,157426,157431,15744039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO217417411573903106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1741742157393,1573961725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81741743157389,157400,1574059056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217417418157384,157386,157392,157396,157397,157405,157406,157407,157414,157420,157421,157422,157423,157424,157425,157431,157438,15744061156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe2174174115738952
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21741741157408454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)17417418157377,157379,157380,157382,157384,157388,157389,157392,157396,157399,157400,157401,157403,157405,157408,157415,157426,1574284894
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1741742157389,157390143
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31741741157432179
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1741741157408292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)17417411573886417
Silver  (*)CopperAg17417411573925186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1741742157390,1573932473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17417413157377,157388,157389,157390,157396,157397,157400,157405,157408,157420,157421,157426,15743421482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)174174115741454
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41741741157396668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1741741157432446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31741742157389,1574323418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)1741740156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1741742157390,1573962045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1317417411574311803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO17417411573891101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1741742157408,157425510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131741743157396,157397,1574055317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O17417411573884899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)217417411574082562
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1741742157389,157396118
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31741742157389,157432369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1741742157396,157400605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101741744157401,157414,157424,1574261395
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S30174174115740827
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1741740636
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31741745157388,157390,157396,157425,1574311247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41741745157377,157389,157390,157396,1574261655


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00455174174174        23498Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USADarwinSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Jen_0001471174174174 age of associated magmatismscheelite   Scheelite  3467Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USADarwinPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050331Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050331
R060866Darwin Mine (Anaconda; Bernon Mine; Defiance Mine; Essex Mine; Independence Mine; Intermediate Mine; Rip Van Winkle Mine; Thompson Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060866

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