Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Owlshead Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 255350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Owlshead Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
April Fool Claims (April Fool Claim; Keegan; Manganese No. 1 And No. 4 Claims)
Black Dream Occurrence (Wingate Wash Occurrence)
Orr Claim (Blue Moon)

Latitude: 35°52'44"N
Longitude: 116°46'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.878888888889,-116.76722222222

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Coronadite	Descloizite	Linarite	None
Rocksalt	Scheelite

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: Al C Ca Cl Cu H Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Coronadite Descloizite Linarite None
Rocksalt Scheelite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Coronadite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	158366	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	158367	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	158366	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	158366	925
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	158366	3531
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	158366	227
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	158366	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	158366	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	158366	987
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	158366	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	158366	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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