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Locality Name:
Lucky Lucy 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: 25552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25552.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 36°16'24"N
Longitude: 117°34'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.273333333333,-117.575

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	Amphibole	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Devilline	Diaspore	Garnet	Junoite
Kobellite	Lillianite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Pyrite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

Andradite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cupropavonite ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gustavite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Junoite ()*	Pavonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vikingite ()*

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 Fe H Mg O Pb S Se Si Te W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Devilline Diaspore Garnet Junoite
Kobellite Lillianite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pavonite Pyrite Scheelite Sphalerite Tetradymite

23 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
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	174	174	919
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	174	174	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	174	174	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	174	174	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	174	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	174	174	3531
Cupropavonite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_0.9Ag_0.5Pb_0.6Bi_2.5S₅	174	174	18
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	174	174	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	174	174	7437
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	174	174	113
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	174	174	1689
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	174	174	66
Junoite ()*	Junoite	Cu₂Pb₃Bi₈(S,Se)₁₆	174	174	18
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	174	174	72
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	174	174	39462
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	174	174	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	174	174	4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	174	174	292
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	174	174	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	174	174	510
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	174	174	2562
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	174	174	27

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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