Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Index Hill, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 254975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Index Hill, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blue Bird Prospect
Bull Domingo Mine (Domingo Mineral Company; Gator No. 2 Prospect)
Charlies Angels Nos. 3 And 4 Claims
Gator No. 1 Prospect
Gold Bar Prospect
Gold Wedge Mine (Southbend Mine; Del Masso Mine)
Juanita Prospect
Lakeview Claim (White Mountains; Burgner-Adams Fluorite Deposit; Dirty Weather Claim)
Lakeview Prospect
Mexican Mine (Reed Flat)
Mollie Gibson Mine
Mount Tom Prospect (Mt Tom Prospect)
Shasta Rose Occurrence (Mountain View)
Space Age Prospect
Unnamed Travertine Occurrence [2]
Unnamed W Occurrence [1]
Wheeler Ridge Mine (Wheeler Ridge Pit And Mill)
Wilkerson Mine (Hole In The Wall Mine; Lost Hope Mine)

Latitude: 37°24'21"N
Longitude: 118°6'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.405833333333,-118.10777777778

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	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: Ag Au C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	159124,159140	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	159137	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	159132	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	159140	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	159130	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	159124,159132,159140	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	159128,159140	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	159132	1689
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	159128,159135	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	159135	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	159132	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	159124,159132,159140	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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