Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra View, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 255106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra View, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Black Canyon Mine (Sanger; Flora; Mineral Point; Carol J; Hope Group; Eagle And Westward Eagle)
Brown Mule Prospect
Buster Prospect
Chalcedony Prospect
Curiosity Prospect
Golden Star Prospect
Grandview Prospect (Grandview Mine)
Jay Prospect
Jody-Dee-Tom Prospect
Katy Prospect (Katy Nos. 1 & 2)
Unnamed Ag Occurrence [3]
Unnamed Ag Occurrence [4]
Unnamed Ag Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [3]
Unnamed Au Occurrence [4]
Unnamed Pb Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 37°20'38"N
Longitude: 118°11'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.343888888889,-118.19388888889

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	Copper	None	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: Ag Au C O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Copper None Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	159156,159165	2793
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	159156	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	159156,159165	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	159156,159165	30554
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	159156	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	159156	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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