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Locality Name:
Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
No. 4 Glory Hole

Latitude: 37°23'34"N
Longitude: 118°43'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.392777777778,-118.71888888889
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: Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteEttringiteFluoriteGarnetMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyroxeneScheeliteStibniteStilbiteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11572011271
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040020Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040020
R060114Pine Creek Mine (Black Monster Mine; Snow Queen Mine; Pine Creek Tungsten Mine & Mill; Pine Creek Apt Plant; Pine Creek Custom Mill), Scheelite, Bishop District (Tungsten Hills District), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060114

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