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Locality Name:
Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 257199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jumbo Mine
Old Timer Mine
Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines)

Latitude: 36°25'46"N
Longitude: 117°44'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.429444444444,-117.74666666667
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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsite
BrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumCovellite
DevillineDiasporeDugganiteEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteFornaciteGypsumHexahydriteKtenasite
LinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMixiteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePhenakite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteSulphur
Tetradymite

87 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boyleite  (*)
Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diopside  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dugganite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geffroyite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kobyashevite  (*)Krut'aite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Lahnsteinite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Munakataite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Olsacherite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Osakaite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pauladamsite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Zincmelanterite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11579132793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1157913254
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS115791387
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11579132734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41157913246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11579139052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61157913919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)115791371
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211579135509
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F115791330
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61157913413
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O115791340
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe2115791341
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411579135516
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O115791323
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4115791379
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611579131633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115791327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61157913359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21157913178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11579134979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1157913925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11579135707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O115791340
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115791327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11579131382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11579133531
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1157913281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1157913966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1157913363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11579134165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11579132970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1157913366
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611579134135
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1157913220
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)2115791318
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11579138173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211579139617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)115791385
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115791324243
Geffroyite  (*)Pentlandite(Cu,Fe,Ag)9Se8115791310
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11579137437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1157913188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11579136890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3115791314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11579131689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1157913804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4115791373
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611579131066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611579132228
Kobyashevite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu5(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O11579133
Krut'aite  (*)PyriteCuSe2115791312
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O115791375
Lahnsteinite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·3H2O11579134
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21157913265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21157913987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115791312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11579131107
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)115791338
Munakataite  (*)LinaritePb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4115791322
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se1157913192
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1157913492
Olsacherite  (*)BarytePb2(Se6+O4)(SO4)115791310
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O115791340
Osakaite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·5H2O11579139
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1157913767
Pauladamsite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu4(SeO3)(SO4)(OH)4·2H2O11579132
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21157913158
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1157913309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115791339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811579139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115791361156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21157913454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1157913142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11579131153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1157913143
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1157913292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11579132473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115791321482
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1157913190
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11579131101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1157913510
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41157913303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411579131655
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O115791384
Zincmelanterite  (*)MelanteriteZn(SO4)·7H2O11579138
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11579131025


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