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Locality Name:
Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Black Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten Deposit)
Unnamed Fe Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 37°41'8"N
Longitude: 118°31'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.685555555556,-118.51944444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116403027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116403027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611640304135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11640308173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311640301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32164030,16403114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116403114899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211640305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116403017380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1164030494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116403039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811640309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116403061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11640304894


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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