Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piute Peak (Piute Mountain), Green Mountain District, Piute Mts, Kern Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 217844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piute Peak (Piute Mountain), Green Mountain District, Piute Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bryan Prospect
Green Mountain Mine
Hilltop Prospect (Hilltop Mine)
Jimmie Mack Claim
Joe Walker Mine (Lena Claim; Hidden Queen Claim)
Mojo Mine (Mojo Prospect; Mo Jo Prospect)
Naja Mine (Hobby; Naja Scheelite)
Surprise Group Of Mines (Surprise Prospect)
Trestle Prospect
Unnamed Au Prospect [21]
Williams Ranch Deposit

Latitude: 35°25'34"N
Longitude: 118°23'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.426111111111,-118.39333333333

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite
Wollastonite

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: Al Au C Ca Fe H Mg Mo O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite
Wollastonite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	159971	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	159974	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	159974,159978	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	159970,159972,159975,159976	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	159974	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	159974	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	159971,159974,159978	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	159974,159978	4894
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	159971	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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