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Locality Name:
Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.761
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.759

mindat Locality ID: 33815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Benton
Benton Hot Springs
Modoc Mine
Rockingham Mine
Yellow Jacket Spring

Latitude: 37°46'19"N
Longitude: 118°30'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.771944444444,-118.50944444444
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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu Fe O S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteLinariteMalachiteMiniumMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S0.7610.75902793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0.7610.75911639742734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24163974,163991,163992,1640185509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70.7610.7591163974450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS40.7610.75905516
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60.7610.7591163974359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3163974,163980,1639854979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40.7610.7590352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5163974,163990,163991,163992,1640185707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23163974,163985,16399027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11640181382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4163990,163991,163992,1640183531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS0.7610.75911639744165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11640208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5163974,163980,163985,163990,16401824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2163979,16399730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116400714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611640072228
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS20.7610.7590230
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20.7610.7591163974987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116400714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25163980,163990,163991,163992,16401812537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO2163974,163990202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl0.7610.75911639741107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40.7610.7592163974,164019247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211640075800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32163974,1639851425
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl0.7610.75911639741725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23163985,163990,16399761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3163974,163990,1640076417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3163974,163990,1639915186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116399021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42163974,163985586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33163987,163990,1639913418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1163985332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136163974,163980,163985,163987,163990,1639915317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO40.7610.75911639741655


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-38000.7610.7590.76±0.001   3800    83308Rae-Spencer Pumice Deposit, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-38010.7610.7590.76±0.001   3801    83308Rae-Spencer Pumice Deposit, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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