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Locality Name:
Teakettle Junction, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 256599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Teakettle Junction, Ubehebe District, Cottonwood Mts, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dreamland Mining Claim (Golden Ram)
Indian Prospect
Lost Burro Mine
Ubehebe Mine [1](Copper Bell Mine; Ubehebe Lead Mine)

Latitude: 36°44'41"N
Longitude: 117°35'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.744722222222,-117.58388888889
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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteFluoriteLinariteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11585312734
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311585311089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115853127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61158531359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11585314979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11585315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115853127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211585319895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11585318173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211585319617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115853124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu115852930554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11585311689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611585311066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611585302228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21158531987
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115852961156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11585312473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115853121482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1158531605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411585311655


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