Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slate Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 79449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-79449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slate Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Slate Range District (Arondo District)

Latitude: 35°49'58"N
Longitude: 117°17'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.832777777778,-117.28444444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sulphur	Talc

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sulphur Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	159002	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	159003	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	158997,159002	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	159003	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	158998	6890
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	159003	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	158998	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	158998,159003	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	159002	2473
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	158998	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	159003	3337
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	159002	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070315	Gold Bottom Mine (Copper Queen Mine; Copper Queen Annex; Copper Queen No. 2 Claim; Copper Queen Claim; Rosalind Fraction; Mountain Beauty; Slate Range Claim; American Fraction; Sylvia Fraction), Slate Range District (Arondo District), Slate Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070315

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