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Locality Name:
Cuna Spring, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 254992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuna Spring, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Deep Springs Lake Potash Deposit
Kesef Prospect
Scheelite Nugget
Silver Queen Mine (Silver Queen Prospect)
Starlight Prospect
Tungstar Occurrence
Unnamed Ag Occurrence [5]
Unnamed Ag-Pb-Zn Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [2]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [5]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Pb-Zn Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Bi Occurrence [3]
Unnamed Cu-Au Occurrence [1]
Waterfall Prospect

Latitude: 37°22'3"N
Longitude: 118°4'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.3675,-118.07583333333
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayCopperFeldsparFluoriteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteTetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115908727770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11590881382
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211590999617
Gold  (*)CopperAu115909930554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2115909917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11590992349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22159087,15909939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22159087,15909961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11590874894
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1159088332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311590885317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211590992562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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