Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Rosa Mine (Lee-Santa Rosa Mine; Santa Rosa Mines), Malpais Mesa, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°25'4"N
Longitude: 117°43'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.417777777778,-117.72083333333

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite
Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Covellite
Devilline	Diaspore	Dugganite	Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Ktenasite
Linarite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mixite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Phenakite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur
Tetradymite

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite
Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Covellite
Devilline Diaspore Dugganite Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Fornacite Gypsum Hexahydrite Ktenasite
Linarite Malachite Melanterite Mixite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Phenakite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur
Tetradymite

87 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bastnäsite-(La) ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bianchite ()*	Bohdanowiczite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boyleite ()*
Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*	Duftite ()*
Dugganite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*
Geffroyite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kobyashevite ()*	Krut'aite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Lahnsteinite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*	Munakataite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Olsacherite ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*	Osakaite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pauladamsite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Selenium ()*	Serpierite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zálesíite ()*
Zincmelanterite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	254
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	87
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bastnäsite	La(CO₃)F	30
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	40
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂	41
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	23
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Dugganite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃(TeO₆)(AsO₄)₂	18
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geffroyite ()*	Pentlandite	(Cu,Fe,Ag)₉Se₈	10
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kobyashevite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₅(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·4H₂O	3
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	12
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	75
Lahnsteinite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·3H₂O	4
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	38
Munakataite ()*	Linarite	Pb₂Cu₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(SO₄)(OH)₄	22
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	192
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Olsacherite ()*	Baryte	Pb₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(SO₄)	10
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	40
Osakaite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·5H₂O	9
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pauladamsite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₄(SeO₃)(SO₄)(OH)₄·2H₂O	2
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	158
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	84
Zincmelanterite ()*	Melanterite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	8
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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