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Locality Name:
Empress Mine, Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill District, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Empress Mine, Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill District, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°18'51"N
Longitude: 117°30'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.314166666667,-117.50333333333
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteLinarite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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