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Locality Name:
Mount Scowden, Homer District (May Lundy District; Lundy District), Mono Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Scowden, Homer District (May Lundy District; Lundy District), Mono Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Bay Queen Mine
Brannan Prospect
Bryant Mine (Jackson Vein Mine; Jackson)
Cape May Prospect
Chingeroo Prospect
Falls Prospect
Golden Prince Mine
Gorilla Mine
Gray Eagle Mine (Gray Eagle - Mono)
Grizly Prospect
Harrison Mine
Hess Mine (Mono Ore Mine; Tungsten Associates Ltd. Mine)
Homer Mining And Milling Mine (Wasatch Mine 130; Unidentified Mine 129; Wolverine; Homer Mining And Milling Property; Nioma Wasatch Gold Hill Claims)
Last Chance Mine
Lucky Dan Prospect
Lucky Mortan Mine (Lucky Morton Mine [?])
May Lundy Mine (Crystal Lake Mine)
Mono Mine
Mount Haverly Prospect (Mt. Haverly; Mt Haverly)
Native Wonder & Mono Queen Mine (Native Wonder Mine)
Old Cabin Prospect
Ontario Syndicate Mine
Parrett Mine (Bonanza Claim; Don Alvadore No. 2 Claim)
Price Group
Saddlebag Lake Prospect
Simpson Mine
Tobler-Gomer Prospect

Latitude: 38°0'29"N
Longitude: 119°15'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.008055555556,-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: As Au Fe O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11642779052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4164268,164270,164277,16428324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15164260,164262,164267,164268,164270,164272,164273,164274,164276,164277,164278,164280,164282,164283,16428430554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116427714899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23164272,164277,16428339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811642839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214164260,164262,164267,164268,164270,164272,164273,164274,164276,164277,164278,164280,164282,16428461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116427721482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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