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Locality Name:
Slims Peak, South Park District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 255938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slims Peak, South Park District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Buster Brown Mine (Journigans Group)
Cecil R Mine
Holy Roller Mine (Jack Pot Prospect)
Honolulu-Big Horn Mine (Thorndike Mine; Gibralter Mine; Gibralter Thorndike Mine; Big Horn Claim)
Knob Group (Anthony And Gold Bug; Old Gold Bug No. 1 Claim; Post Office Springs Mine; Knob No. 1 Claim; Knob No. 2 Claim)
Margaret Mine (Pleasent Canyon Group; World Beater Mine)
Moly McGuire
Pappy No. 1 Mine
Rader Mining Company Prospect
Ratcliff Mine (Radcliffe Mine; Radcliffe Group; Sun Rise Claim; Grover Cleveland Claim; John C. Carlisle Claim; Kentucky Claim; Texas Claim; Joker Claim; Joker Extension Claim; Never Give Up Claim; Treasutre Vault Claim; W.G. Quartz Claim)
Red Cloud Mine
Scotchman Group (Scotty; Goldbug ?)
Tip Top Claims (Lookout Prospect)
Unnamed Old Gold Mines [9]
Unnamed Vesuvianite Occurrence [2]
Valley Overlook Occurrence

Latitude: 36°0'42"N
Longitude: 117°7'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.011666666667,-117.13166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteVesuvianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11587114979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115871727198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611587224135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11587228173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115871124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7158708,158709,158710,158712,158713,158717,15871930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3115871214640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22158712,15871739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811587179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26158708,158709,158710,158712,158713,15871961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11587204894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115871121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311587115317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211587112562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011587221395


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