Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Modoc Mine (Modock Mine), Lookout City, Lookout District (Modoc District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 79192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-79192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Modoc Mine (Modock Mine), Lookout City, Lookout District (Modoc District), Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°14'39"N
Longitude: 117°25'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.244166666667,-117.42472222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Coronadite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore
Rocksalt	Rutile

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu H K Mn O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl Cu H K Mn O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Coronadite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore
Rocksalt Rutile

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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