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Locality Name:
Bennettville, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bennettville, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Great Sierra Mine
Lee Vining Creek Group
Mono Tungsten Group (Saddlebag Lake Group)
September Claims (September Holding & Hillen)
Tioga Mine (Homestake Mine)

Latitude: 37°56'27"N
Longitude: 119°15'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.940833333333,-119.26333333333
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidoteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11644579052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116445727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116445827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1164458966
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611644574135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11644578173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1164457345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116445824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu116445830554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211644575800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1164457494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22164457,16445839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811644589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22164457,16445861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2164456,1644574894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311644585317


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