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Locality Name:
Bishop, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bishop, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Andrew Curtis Mine
Bishop Antimony Mine
Coyote Range (Coyote Front Range)
Rossi Mine (Rossi Tungsten Mine; Bishop Tungsten Co.; Mineral Dome)
Unspecified Feldspar Occurrence [2]
Yaney Mine

Latitude: 37°19'5"N
Longitude: 118°25'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.318055555556,-118.42916666667
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNonePyriteQuartz
ScheeliteStibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Jarosite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11571818803
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41157180352
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11571823531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11571818173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1157184551
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311571811544
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611571842228
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3115718087
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115718039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115718261156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1157183598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2157179,1571824894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311571803418
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31157180369


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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