Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chalfant Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 181.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 136

mindat Locality ID: 247395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chalfant Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Chalfant Valley Claim
Climax Prospect
Coldwater Canyon
Comstock Pumice Deposit (Piute Mine)
Copper Kings Nos. 1 And 2 Prospect
Copper Queen Mine
G. B. And S. Mining & Milling 1-6 Prospect (Surprise; Bond Street; Hidden Valley; Golden Knob)
Green Rock Occurrence
Gunter Canyon Area Pumice Deposits (U. S. Gypsum Placers; Churchill Pumice; Churchill Pumice Pit ; Michael No. 1; White Gull; Hidedecker Pumice)
Joyce And Mark Prospect
Keystone Prospect
Little Blue Group
Mohawk Prospect
Mohawk Shaft
Mono Copper Nos. 1 And 2 Prospect (Mono Copper Nos. 1 - 2 Prospect)
Mono Piute Rainbow Mine (Mono Plute Rainbow Mine)
Monoco Mine (Golden Hornet Mine)
Moon Group Area Prospects (Star No. 4; Moon Claim Group; Daurte Mine; Tres Amigos; Peter Cody Adit; Paymaster No. 3)
Moulas Mine Group (Piute Claim)
Oro Vista Area Prospects (Oro Vista Group Area Deposits)
Ray-Tom Group
Sacramento Canyon Area Prospects
Sacramento Canyon Pumice Deposit
Sacramento Mine
Sacramento No. 2 Prospect
Saratoga Mine (Saratoga; Lexington; Ranger Mine; / Lexington Mine; Ranger Mine)
Straight Canyon Area Prospects
Twenty Grand Mine
Unnamed Ag Prospect [1] (Unknown 18; 5; 34)
Unnamed Cu Prospect [2] (Unknown 2; 5; 33)
Unnamed Cu Prospect 1 (Unknown 18; 5; 34)
White Mountain Copper Nos. 1-2 Claims
Z And S Mine (Tramway Z And S Mine; Z And S Mine Tramway)

Latitude: 37°31'47"N
Longitude: 118°18'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.529722222222,-118.31611111111

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.

Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	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 Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	157	136	1	164496	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	157	136	1	164518	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	157	136	1	164518	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	157	136	2	164507,164518	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	157	136	2	164507,164518	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	157	136	1	164507	4894

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000284	Part of the Inyo Mountain Volcanic Complex that ranges from the White Mountains through the Inyo Mountains in California and Nevada
Giersdorf_00000285	Part of the Inyo Mountain Volcanic Complex that ranges from the White Mountains through the Inyo Mountains in California and Nevada

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
NAVDAT-32357	181.5	148.5	165±16.5				32357			83123	G. B. And S. Mining & Milling 1-6 Prospect (Surprise; Bond Street; Hidden Valley; Golden Knob), Chalfant Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-43724	166	160	163±3			zircon	43724		Zircon	83123	G. B. And S. Mining & Milling 1-6 Prospect (Surprise; Bond Street; Hidden Valley; Golden Knob), Chalfant Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-43734	178	156.6	167.3±10.7				43734			83365	Straight Canyon Area Prospects, Chalfant Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
Giersdorf_00000284	157	153	157-153	U-Pb	Ages found are indicative of the site being younger than the Barcroft Granodiorite unit			Yes		3510	Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine; Jeffrey Mine; Diaspore; Vulcanus; Black Eagle; Champion Sillimanite Mine; Champion Andalusite Mine; Vulcanite Mine; Vulcanite & Vulcanus No. 156; Black Eagle & Vulcanus Nos. 8 And 9 No. 157), White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA	White Mountains	Hanson et al. (1987)	10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<1074:AATSOM>2.0.CO;2	G15_1074	Age of ash flow tuff found in the metavolcanic unit in the White Mountains, part of the Inyo Mountain Volcanic Complex
Giersdorf_00000285	138	136	137±1	U-Pb	Ages found are indicative of the site being younger than the Barcroft Granodiorite unit			Yes		3510	Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine; Jeffrey Mine; Diaspore; Vulcanus; Black Eagle; Champion Sillimanite Mine; Champion Andalusite Mine; Vulcanite Mine; Vulcanite & Vulcanus No. 156; Black Eagle & Vulcanus Nos. 8 And 9 No. 157), White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA	White Mountains	Hanson et al. (1987)	10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<1074:AATSOM>2.0.CO;2	G15_1074	Age of a hypabyssal intrusion found in the metavolcanic unit in the White Mountains, part of the Inyo Mountain Volcanic Complex

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