Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Parchers Resort (Parchers Camp), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 91

mindat Locality ID: 255351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parchers Resort (Parchers Camp), Inyo Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Black Monster Prospect (Snow Queen Prospect; Joe Brackett Prospect; Coyote Lake Prospect)
Brackett Tungsten Mine (Joe Brackett Prospect; Coyote Lake Prospect; Snow Queen Prospect; Black Monster Prospect)
Merrill Prospect (Schober And Merrill Groups; Schober; Moffatt ?)
Oomph Claims (Lindner Prospect)
Victory Prospect (Buttermilk)

Latitude: 37°12'54"N
Longitude: 118°32'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.215,-118.54083333333

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Nickeline	None	Quartz	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 Fe H O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Nickeline None Quartz Scheelite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	92.2	91	1	158884	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	92.2	91	2	158882,158884	8173
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	92.2	91	1	158884	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	92.2	91	1	158884	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	92.2	91	3	158882,158884,158886	4894

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-128266	92.2	91	91.6±0.6	128266	255351	Parchers Resort (Parchers Camp), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-128267	92.2	91	91.6±0.6	128267	255351	Parchers Resort (Parchers Camp), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-128387	92.2	91	91.6±0.6	128387	79268	Oomph Claims (Lindner Prospect), Parchers Resort (Parchers Camp), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-128388	92.2	91	91.6±0.6	128388	79268	Oomph Claims (Lindner Prospect), Parchers Resort (Parchers Camp), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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