Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nopah Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 257638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nopah Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nopah Peak
Pahrump [summit]
Upper Noonday Camp

Latitude: 35°59'19"N
Longitude: 116°6'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.988611111111,-116.10833333333

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Devilline	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Talc

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Borax ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dzhalindite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Talc ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H In K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Devilline Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Talc

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	158307,158308,158311,158313	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	158308,158313	919
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	158311,158313	450
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	158315	76
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	158308,158313	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	158313	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	158311	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	158307,158308,158309,158311,158313	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	158313	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	158309	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	158311,158313	9895
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	1	158313	16
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	158313	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	158307,158308,158309,158311,158313	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	158313	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	158311,158313	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	158311,158313	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	158311,158313	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	158311	2228
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	158313	198
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	3	158308,158311,158313	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	158311,158313	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	158313	1107
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	158311	158
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	2	158311,158313	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	158313	39462
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	158313	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	158313	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	158307,158311	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	158313	292
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	158307,158311,158313	2473
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	158297,158298	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050161	Nopah Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050161

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