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Locality Name:
Birch Creek, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 256701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birch Creek, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Wollastonite Occurrence [4]

Latitude: 37°19'10"N
Longitude: 118°2'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.319444444444,-118.03555555556
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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetHumiteMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Humite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2080
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311590381247


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