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:
Chance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 41045
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41045.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°37'48"N
Longitude: 118°31'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.63,-118.52638888889

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Caledonite	Copper	Descloizite	Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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: Au C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Caledonite Copper Descloizite Diaspore Linarite Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stolzite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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