Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crater, Last Chance Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crater, Last Chance Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Aloha Prospect
April Fool Prospect
Big El Dorado Occurrence
Christopher No. 2 Prospect
Crater Mine (Crater Group; Crater Nos. 1-6 Claims)
El Dorado Lode No. 6
Eureka Prospect (Bearcat)
Fraction And Southwest Occurrence
Gulch Group
Last Chance Peak Mine (Last Chance Mountain Mine; El Capitan Mine; El Capitam Mine)
Lime Hill No. 1 Deposit
Lucky 13 Prospect
Lucky Strike Prospect
M & G No. 4 Occurrence
Mercury Knob Prospect
Midas No. 5 Occurrence
Rebecca Prospect
Reo Prospect
Sally Joe Prospect
Soliz & Vaseta Occurrence
Storm Cloud Prospect
Sulfur Queen Prospect
Texas American Nos. 67 And 68 Occurrence
Tiki No. 6 Occurrence
Unnamed S Deposits [2]
Unnamed S Prospect [4]
Up And Down Prospect
White Cloud Occurrence

Latitude: 37°12'17"N
Longitude: 117°41'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.204722222222,-117.69166666667

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.

Clay	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Talc

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: Ca H Hg Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Gypsum None Not in a structural group Sphalerite Sulphur Talc

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gypsum ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	158172	1588
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	158172	2600
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	158167,158172	6890
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	158172	255
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	158167,158172,158187	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	158171	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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