Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Argus District (Kellcy District; Sherman District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.925
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.575

mindat Locality ID: 256926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argus District (Kellcy District; Sherman District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mountain Spring

Latitude: 35°56'11"N
Longitude: 117°32'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.936388888889,-117.53805555556

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1.925	1.575	2	157082,157083	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	157077,157079	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1.925	1.575	3	157081,157083,157084	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.925	1.575	1	157083	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	157068,157069,157072,157077,157079,157080	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			7	157075,157076,157077,157078,157079,157081,157085	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1.925	1.575	2	157083,157084	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	157071	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.925	1.575	4	157071,157077,157079,157083	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			10	157068,157069,157072,157077,157079,157080,157081,157082,157084,157085	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-5288	1.925	1.575	1.75±0.175					5288						79551	Unknown Ag-Au-Fe-Pb-Cu Occurrence [1] (Pooch No. 2 Claim), Mountain Spring, Argus District (Kellcy District; Sherman District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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