Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St. Charles Mine, Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 174

mindat Locality ID: 25551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25551.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. Charles Mine, Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°16'22"N
Longitude: 117°34'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.272777777778,-117.57611111111

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Junoite	Kobellite
Lillianite	Meneghinite	None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Vesuvianite

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Eskimoite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Gustavite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Junoite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pavonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Junoite Kobellite
Lillianite Meneghinite None Pavonite Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Vesuvianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	174	174	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	174	174	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	174	174	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	174	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	174	174	8173
Eskimoite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₁₀Bi₁₅S₃₆	174	174	20
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	174	174	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	174	174	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	174	174	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	174	174	192
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	174	174	113
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	174	174	66
Junoite ()*	Junoite	Cu₂Pb₃Bi₈(S,Se)₁₆	174	174	18
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	174	174	255
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	174	174	2349
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	174	174	72
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	174	174	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	174	174	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	174	174	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	174	174	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	174	174	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00455	174	174	174							Yes				23498	Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA	Darwin	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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