Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 257101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Auguste Mine
Bluejay Claim
Cerro Gordo Mine
Consolidated Group
Crag Claim
Ella Mine (Ella Group)
Enterprise Claim
Estelle Mine (Troeger's Tunnel)
Farrington Occurrence
Gentile Claim
Givens Occurrence
Golden Reef Occurrence
Gordon Occurrence
Hart Mine
Hebrew Mt. Claim
Inoen Lead And Silver Mining Company Property
La Despreciada Claim
Mayflower Group
Native Son Claim
Newtown Mine
Northern Star Claim
November Claim
Ragged Edge Claim
Royal Group (Spear; Lead Queen; Silver Spear; Cerro Gordo Extension)
San Felipe Mine (San Filipe Claim)
Smithsonite Claim
Union Lead Claim
Union Placer Claim
Ventura Mine (Silver Reef Claim; Sunset Claim)

Latitude: 36°32'40"N
Longitude: 117°49'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.544444444444,-117.81777777778

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Geocronite	Linarite	Liroconite	Malachite	Minium	Mixite
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Liroconite ()*	Malachite ()*
Minium ()*	Mixite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite
Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore Geocronite Linarite Liroconite Malachite Minium Mixite
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	145	2.6	1	157740	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	2.6	2	157740,157751	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	145	2.6	1	157740	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	2.6	2	157740,157778	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	2.6	3	157740,157751,157778	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	145	2.6	1	157740	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	145	2.6	1	157740	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	145	2.6	1	157740	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	2.6	1	157740	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	145	2.6	1	157740	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	2.6	4	157740,157746,157777,157782	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	2.6	1	157740	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	2.6	1	157753	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	145	2.6	1	157740	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145	2.6	3	157740,157741,157746	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	2.6	2	157740,157779	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	2.6	1	157740	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	2.6	1	157740	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	2.6	7	157740,157746,157751,157753,157756,157758,157777	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	145	2.6	1	157751	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	2.6	2	157740,157746	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	157759	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	145	2.6	1	157740	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	145	2.6	2	157740,157746	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	145	2.6	2	157740,157746	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	145	2.6	1	157740	784
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	2.6	1	157740	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	145	2.6	3	157740,157746,157759	987
Liroconite ()*	Liroconite	Cu₂Al(AsO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	145	2.6	1	157740	18
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	2.6	2	157740,157778	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	145	2.6	1	157740	247
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	145	2.6	1	157740	168
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	2.6	1	157740	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	145	2.6	2	157740,157778	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	2.6	2	157740,157758	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	145	2.6	1	157740	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	2.6	4	157740,157746,157758,157778	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	2.6	1	157740	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	2.6	1	157740	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	157782	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	2.6	5	157740,157746,157777,157779,157782	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	2.6	3	157740,157753,157758	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145	2.6	1	157740	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	145	2.6	1	157740	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	2.6	3	157740,157758,157778	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	145	2.6	2	157740,157746	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	145	2.6	1	157740	1655

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
	sedznpb-00454	145	2.6	Cretaceous/Tertiary?											3463	Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	Cerro Gordo	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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