Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Panamint Butte, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panamint Butte, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Apple No. 1 Claim
Big Four Mine (War Eagle; Perry Lead Mine)
Kerdell Mine (Kerdell Lead Prospect; Lone Ear Prospect; Townsend Lead Prospect)
Unnamed Pb Occurrence [2]

Latitude: 36°26'46"N
Longitude: 117°23'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.446111111111,-117.38888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Caledonite	Copper	Coronadite	Linarite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore
Rocksalt	Rutile	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: As Au C Cl Cu H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Caledonite Copper Coronadite Linarite None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bindheimite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	158453	450
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	158453	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	158455	4979
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	158453	227
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	158454,158455	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	158454	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	158453	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	158453	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	158453	1107
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	158453	3106
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	158453	2473
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	158453	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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