Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chloride City, Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District), Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 254888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chloride City, Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District), Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Big Bell And Frisco Lodes Mine (Big Bell Mine; Big Bell Consolidated)
Chloride Cliff
Colligiate Occurrence
Fairy Queen Nos. 1-4 Occurrence (Fairy Queen 1; 2; 3; 4)
Golden Circle Occurrence
Green Gold Occurrence
Rose And Galena Mine
Valley View Occurrence

Latitude: 36°42'58"N
Longitude: 116°52'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.716111111111,-116.87138888889

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.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	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: As Au Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	5.3	1	156965	254
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	1	156968	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	1	156965	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	1	156965	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	1	156965	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	6	156963,156965,156966,156967,156968,156973	30554
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	1	156965	255
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	2	156965,156968	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	6	156963,156965,156966,156967,156968,156973	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00109	5.3	0		?-?								Cinnabar, Metacinnabar	Hg	78635	Chloride Cliff Mine, Chloride Cliff, Chloride City, Chloride Cliff District (South Bullfrog District), Funeral Mts (Funeral Range), Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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