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Locality Name:
South Park District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 257774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Park District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Anvil Spring
Golden Star-Apex Group (Golden Star Nos. 1-3 Claims; Apex Claim; Lucky Strike Claim)
Porter Peak
Ready Cash-Sunrise Group (Summit Claim; California Gold Claim; California Gold No. 1 Claim; Lone Pine Claim; Sunrise Claim; Sunrise Nos. 1 & 2 Claims; Ready Cash Claim; Ready Cash No. 1 Claim; Nipper Claim [fractional])
Russell Camp
Slims Peak
Unnamed Ottrélite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°1'44"N
Longitude: 117°6'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.028888888889,-117.10055555556
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 As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteVesuvianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ottrélite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11586989052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115869627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11587114979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22158696,15871727198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611587224135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11587228173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2158696,15871124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu8158696,158708,158709,158710,158712,158713,158717,15871930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3115871214640
Ottrélite  (*)ChloritoidMn2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2115872459
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23158696,158712,15871739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82158696,1587179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27158696,158708,158709,158710,158712,158713,15871961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11587204894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11586966417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115871121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311587115317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211587112562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011587221395


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