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:
Belmont Mine, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belmont Mine, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°32'20"N
Longitude: 117°47'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.538888888889,-117.78888888889

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	Adelite	Allophane	Apatite	Calcite	None	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Duftite ()*	Galena ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu H O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu H O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Apatite Calcite None Pyrochlore Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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