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Locality Name:
Leviathan Peak, Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leviathan Peak, Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
George M. Williams Ranch Placer Mine
Leviathan Mine
The Dot Nos. 1 - 44

Latitude: 38°41'18"N
Longitude: 119°38'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.688333333333,-119.64333333333
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 Au Cu Fe H Hg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperHalotrichiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRömeriteSpinelSulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greigite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1150568925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115056827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11505682600
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11505682970
Gold  (*)CopperAu2150567,15056830554
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4115056862
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1150568409
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211505685674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1150568915
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11505682994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115056839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115056861156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1150568115
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2150568,1505692045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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