Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Rosa Hills, Lee District, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 256499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Rosa Hills, Lee District, Inyo Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maltese Hill

Latitude: 36°25'58"N
Longitude: 117°37'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.432777777778,-117.6175

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Ba C Cl Cu H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Baryte Calcite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	158231	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	158231	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	158231	11547
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	158231	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	158231	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	158231	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	158231	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	158231	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	158231	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	158231	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	158231	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	158231	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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