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:
Kessler Peak, Ivanpah Mts, Ivanpah District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 273820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kessler Peak, Ivanpah Mts, Ivanpah District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
American Opportunity Prospect
Apex Mine [1]
Bessie Occurrence
Betty Jane Prospect
Billy Boy Mine
Carriage Wheel Prospect
Copper King Mine (Rex Mine)
Evening Star Mine (Maynard Mine; Bernice Group; Bernice Mine; Rex Tin Mine; Standard District; Blue Grass)
Geer Dolomite Quarry
George Washington Prospect
Ginn Mine
Gold Button Prospect
Hartman Tungsten Mine
Ivan Group
Ivanpah Mountains Deposit (French Deposit; A.L. French Deposit)
Johnny Prospect
Kewanee Mine (Kewanee Prospect)
Levi No. 1 Occurrence
Lucky Find Prospect
May; June; July Prospect
Morning Star Mine
MP Group
New Era Mine (New Era No. 1 Mine; New Era Nos. 1 And 2)
Patrick Henry Prospect
Riley Mine [2] (Riley Tungsten Mine; Standard Mine No. 1; Excelsior Copper Mine; Standard Tungsten Mine; Blue Grass Mine)
Silver Star Occurrence (Lucky Lode)
Standard No. 2 Mine (Standard Number 2 Group)
Summit Group
Sunset Prospect
Suzanna R. Mine
Thomas Jefferson Mine (Thomas Jefferson Claims; G.G. Mine)
Unnamed Ag-Zn Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au Prospect [132]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [21]
Unnamed Au-Zn Prospect [2]
Unnamed Cu-Au-Zn-Ag Prospect [1]
Unnamed Fluorspar Prospect [1]
Unnamed Pb-Ag-Zn Prospect [2]
Unnamed W-Sn Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Zn-Ag Prospect [1]

Latitude: 35°20'57"N
Longitude: 115°30'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.349166666667,-115.51638888889

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Yarrowite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Diaspore Digenite Epidote Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite Wollastonite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	171873	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	171859,171873,171877	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	171873	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	171873	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	171860,171873	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	171859,171860,171891	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	171873	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	171873	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	171860,171873	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	171877	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	171859	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	171873	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	171873	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	171877,171878	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	171867,171873,171889	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	171873	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	171873	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	171869,171873,171875	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	171859,171873,171877	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	171859	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	171860,171873	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	171869,171873,171875,171878	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	171859,171860,171877,171878,171891	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	171873	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	171873	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	171873	73
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	171873	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	171860	2562
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	1	171873	46
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	171860	1247
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	171873	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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