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Locality Name:
Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 254851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keynot Peak, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Bluebird Prospect
Blueledge Mine
Chambers Mine
Cheri No. 20 Prospect
Cinnamon Mine
Duarte Prospect
Golden Lady Prospect
Hacked Pinon Prospect
Hancock No. 1
Hope Mine
Keynot Mine (Key Not Mine; Golden Princess; Mountain View; War Eagle; Keynot; Keynote Mine; Mallard Duck)
Keynot No. 30 Mine
Laura And McAvoy Mines
Monster Mine
No. 18 Mine
Red Dog Mine [2]
Sweitzer Mine
Tom Casey Mine
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Pb Prospect [3]
Unnamed Au Prospect [28] (prospect No. 29)

Latitude: 36°42'58"N
Longitude: 117°56'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.716111111111,-117.94888888889
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteLinarite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11578829052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211578825509
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61157885359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11578854979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115788227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11578853531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2157882,15788524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3157882,157884,15788930554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411578825591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21157885987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115788212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2115788217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22157882,15788539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23157882,157885,15788961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11578825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115788221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311578855317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211578852562


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