Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 219
Youngest recorded age at locality: 151

mindat Locality ID: 29486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Alhambra Prospect
Betty Jumbo Mine (Ford Mine; Jumbo Mine)
Birthday Nos. 1-4 Mine
Black Eagle Mine
Bluebird Prospect
Broadway Prospect
Cent Prospect
Clifford Mine
Copper Point Prospect
Copper Tail Occurrence
Green Monster Mine
Lucky Boy Prospect
Mary Roper Mine (Roper Mine)
Monongahela Prospect
Noble Nos. 1-8 Prospect (Noble Nos 1-8 And WDC Nos. 1-5; W.D.C. 1-5)
Omega Prospect
Pierson Mine (Pierson Mining Company; Republic And Whiteside; Old Whiteside Diggings; Whiteside Mine)
San Carlos Mine (Old San Carlos Mine)
Scintiscope Occurrence
Silver Hill Occurrence
Snowcaps Mine (Sunshine Snocaps Mine)
Whiteside Mine (Old Whiteside Diggings; Pierson; Pierson Mining Co.; Republic And Whiteside)

Latitude: 36°49'41"N
Longitude: 118°4'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.828055555556,-118.07111111111

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Volborthite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Datolite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Tangeite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Volborthite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	157866	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	157848	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	157855	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	157866	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	157855	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	157855	1756
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	157862	498
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	157855	164
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	157861,157866	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	157848	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	157862	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	157855	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	157848,157857,157866	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	157853,157864	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	157856	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	157848	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	157848,157855	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	157846	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	157866	6417
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	157855	60
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	157862	5317
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	157855	46
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	157862	1395
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	157855	155

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01022_206_238	152.1	152.1	152.1	206_238	zircon	Zircon	79396	Scintiscope Occurrence, Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01022_207_206	219	219	219	207_206	zircon	Zircon	79396	Scintiscope Occurrence, Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01022_207_235	156.2	156.2	156.2	207_235	zircon	Zircon	79396	Scintiscope Occurrence, Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01023_206_238	151	151	151	206_238	zircon	Zircon	79396	Scintiscope Occurrence, Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01023_207_206	165	165	165	207_206	zircon	Zircon	79396	Scintiscope Occurrence, Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01023_207_235	151.9	151.9	151.9	207_235	zircon	Zircon	79396	Scintiscope Occurrence, Kearsarge, Kearsarge District [2], Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

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