Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Topaz, Topaz Lake District, Mono Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 247191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topaz, Topaz Lake District, Mono Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Antimony Mine (Antimony Group; Topaz Lead-Silver Mine)
Casson Mine
Topaz Lake
Unnamed Fe-Zn-Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed V-Cu-Zn-Pb Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 38°37'38"N
Longitude: 119°32'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.627222222222,-119.54777777778

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.

Apatite	Copper	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Copper None Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Aurichalcite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	164478	919
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	164475	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	164478	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	164475	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	164477	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	164478	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	164479	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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