Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hope Valley District, Alpine Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 247120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hope Valley District, Alpine Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hawkins Peak
Hope Valley
Stevens Peak

Latitude: 38°43'38"N
Longitude: 119°56'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.727222222222,-119.93638888889

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	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite

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 Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Garnet Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	150549	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	150549	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	150549,150554	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	150554	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	150549	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	150552	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	150546	14640
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	150555	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	150555	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	150546,150549,150554	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	150554	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	150546,150552	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	150546,150550,150554,150555	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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