Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 247218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Casa Diablo Mine (Casa Diablo Quicksilver Mine)
Chance Mine
Crater View Mine
Unnamed Ag-Au Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 37°35'42"N
Longitude: 118°32'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.595,-118.54083333333

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Descloizite	Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	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: Au C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Descloizite Diaspore Linarite Malachite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stolzite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	164083	2734
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	164083	359
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	164082	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	164082,164083	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	164083	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	164082,164083	30554
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	164083	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	164083	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	164083	362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	164082,164083	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	164082,164083	61156
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	164083	156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	164083	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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