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:
Estelle Mine (Troeger's Tunnel), Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 78773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-78773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Estelle Mine (Troeger's Tunnel), Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Morning Star Mine [1]
Riff Raff Mine (Estelle & Morning Star Mine)
Sure Contest Mine

Latitude: 36°32'5"N
Longitude: 117°50'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.534722222222,-117.83388888889

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.

Copper	Linarite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Linarite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Linarite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	157759	30554
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	157759	987
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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