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Locality Name:
Wheeler Peak, Patterson District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheeler Peak, Patterson District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono Co., California, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Black Horse Prospect
Blue Speck Mine (Blue Metal Mine; Lowman Molybdenum Mine; Lowman Molybdenum Blue Speck)
California & North Comstock Consolidated Mine
Frederick Mine
Homestake Mine (Old Timer Group; Old Timer Mine)
Monte Cristo
Penrose Prospect
Rattler Mine
Silverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine)
Summers Consolidated Mine
Sunset Claims
Unnamed Fluorspar Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 38°25'39"N
Longitude: 119°15'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.4275,-119.25972222222
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: Ag Au Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2164424,1644282793
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116442827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2164424,1644281382
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1164428345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211644319617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116442824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7164419,164420,164423,164424,164425,164427,16442830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116442814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1164428804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116442814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22164418,1644285800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22164424,16442839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27164418,164419,164420,164423,164425,164427,16442861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2164424,1644285186


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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