Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Arcturus Mine (Ibex Mine Arcturus)
Coffin Peak
Corkscrew Canyon
Desert Hound Mine (Keys Mine)
Epaulet Peak
Funeral Peak
Ibex Mine (Ibex Mine Arcturus; Arcturus Mine)
Jubilee Pass
Monte Blanco
Virgin Spring Canyon
Willow District
Zabriskie Point

Latitude: 36°2'42"N
Longitude: 116°35'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.045,-116.59833333333

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.

Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Gadolinite	Gypsum	Linarite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colemanite ()*
Datolite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gowerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Howlite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Inyoite ()*	Linarite ()*
Meyerhofferite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Priceite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Ulexite ()*

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Gadolinite Gypsum Linarite Mica Natrolite None Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	156939,156941	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	156935	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	156956	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	156945	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	156935	1633
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	156941,156957	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	156935	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	156945	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	156945	27198
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	3	156939,156957,156958	144
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	156924	498
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	156935,156945	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	156945,156948,156949,156950	30554
Gowerite ()*	None	Ca[B₅O₈(OH)][B(OH)₃]·3H₂O	1	156957	13
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	156934,156957	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	156951	14640
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	1	156957	36
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	1	156939	42
Inyoite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O	1	156939	34
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	156935	987
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	2	156939,156957	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	156952	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	156941	1236
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	156935	492
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	2	156939,156940	33
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	156937,156945,156948,156949,156950	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	156945	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	156935	2473
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	156945	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	2	156938,156939	433
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	156939	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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