Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New York Butte (New York Peak), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New York Butte (New York Peak), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
American Flag Mine (Big Silver Mine ?)
Big Silver Mine (Essex; Hudson; Metro; American Flag Mine [?])
Black Warrior Prospect
Bronco Mine (Barranca Mine; Briton And Port)
Burgess Mine (Iron Sides; Ironside Mine; Ironsides; Tom Casey Mine; Section 13 Claim)
Far Ridge Prospect
Franklin D. Roosevelt Occurrence
Inyo Beryl Claims
Joy And Vega Claims
Macaroon Prospect
McFuehter Claim
Million Dollar Baby Prospect
Nellie H. Occurrence
Silver Harvest Prospect (Silver Harvest Claims)
Trapier Mine (Four Star Claim; Silver Beauty Claim)
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Pb Prospect [2]
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au Prospect [32] (prospect No. 78)
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect [2] (prospect No. 77)
Unnamed Cu-Ag-Au Prospect [2] (prospect No. 72)
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence [1]
Valley View Prospect [2]

Latitude: 36°38'51"N
Longitude: 117°54'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.6475,-117.905

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	157950	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	157943,157946	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	157950	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	157943,157944,157946,157947	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	157943,157944,157946,157947	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	157943	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	157943,157946	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	157946,157947	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	157943	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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