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Locality Name:
Masonic Mountain, Masonic District, Bodie Hills, Mono Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Masonic Mountain, Masonic District, Bodie Hills, Mono Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brownite Group (Brownie)
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine)
Faudre And Welsh Group
Success Mine
Unnamed Hg Claim [2] (Section 9 Claim Location)

Latitude: 38°19'45"N
Longitude: 119°7'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.329166666667,-119.13305555556
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 As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu H K Mn O S Se Si Te W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteColumbiteCopperMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bodieite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Juabite  (*)Mixite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Teineite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Xocomecatlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61164178966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116417811547
Bodieite  (*)Not in a structural groupBi3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)11641784
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O116417840
Gold  (*)CopperAu4164177,164178,164179,16418030554
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1164178469
Juabite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaCu10(Te4+O3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4H2O11641786
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1164178168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1164178492
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23164177,164178,16417961156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11641782045
Teineite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O116417814
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO2116417852
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)4116417810


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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