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Locality Name:
White Top Mountain, Goldbelt District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 230.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225.6

mindat Locality ID: 256537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Top Mountain, Goldbelt District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lawrence Fluorspar Claims
O'Brien Canyon Prospect (O'Brien Mine; Silver Crown Group Of Claims)
Unnamed Nepheline Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Tremolite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°48'10"N
Longitude: 117°25'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.802777777778,-117.42694444444
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupTridymite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2230.4225.611584485509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4230.4225.611584485516
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O230.4225.611584483531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2230.4225.62158447,1584489617
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2230.4225.6115844812537
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)230.4225.61158449884
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2230.4225.611584502562


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_394White Top Stock intrudes the White Top Backfold.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_394230.4225.6228±2.4Ar-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite9-887  Muscovite  256537White Top Mountain, Goldbelt District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USAWhite Top StockSnow et al. (1991)10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<0629:PTPATD>2.3.CO;2G19_629Age of White Top Stock intrusion.

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