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Locality Name:
Shoshone Mines (Shoshone Mines Group; Shoshone Mine Group; Grant Mine; Mabel Mine; Black Prince Mine), Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah Range, Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 79247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-79247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shoshone Mines (Shoshone Mines Group; Shoshone Mine Group; Grant Mine; Mabel Mine; Black Prince Mine), Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Columbia No. 2 Mine
Gunsite Mine (Gunsight Mine)
Jarosite Mine
Noonday Mine (Grant Mine)
Oro Fino Mine
War Eagle Mine

Latitude: 35°49'49"N
Longitude: 116°6'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.830277777778,-116.10166666667
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 In K Mg O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CopperDevillineGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyrite
PyrochloreRocksaltRutileSerpentine

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dzhalindite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3158308,158311,1583132734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62158308,158313919
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72158311,158313450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62158308,1583131633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115831327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61158311359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4158308,158309,158311,1583134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115831327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11583091382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22158311,1583139895
Dzhalindite  (*)PerovskiteIn(OH)3115831316
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4115831349
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4158308,158309,158311,15831324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu115831330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2158311,1583136890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2158311,1583131689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62158311,1583131066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611583112228
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1158313198
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23158308,158311,158313987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22158311,15831312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11583131107
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61158311158
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO22158311,158313158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115831339462
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21158313454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1158313142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11583111153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1158313292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2158311,1583132473


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