Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bishop Creek Mine (Wilshire Bishop Creek Mine; Wilshire Gold Mine; Cardinal Mine; Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims; Cardinal Gold Property; Rocky Point Group; Wiltshire), Aspendell, Bishop Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 231
Youngest recorded age at locality: 77.64

mindat Locality ID: 78617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-78617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bishop Creek Mine (Wilshire Bishop Creek Mine; Wilshire Gold Mine; Cardinal Mine; Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims; Cardinal Gold Property; Rocky Point Group; Wiltshire), Aspendell, Bishop Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°13'30"N
Longitude: 118°36'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.225,-118.60277777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Löllingite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Sphalerite
Titanite	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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Cu Fe Mo O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Löllingite Molybdenite Nickeline None Quartz Sphalerite
Titanite Wollastonite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Löllingite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	231	77.64	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	231	77.64	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	231	77.64	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	231	77.64	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	231	77.64	30554
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	231	77.64	762
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	231	77.64	5800
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	231	77.64	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	231	77.64	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	231	77.64	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	231	77.64	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	231	77.64	1247

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-32344	102.3	83.7	93±9.3				32344	78617	Bishop Creek Mine (Wilshire Bishop Creek Mine; Wilshire Gold Mine; Cardinal Mine; Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims; Cardinal Gold Property; Rocky Point Group; Wiltshire), Aspendell, Bishop Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-32401	231	189	210±21				32401	78617	Bishop Creek Mine (Wilshire Bishop Creek Mine; Wilshire Gold Mine; Cardinal Mine; Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims; Cardinal Gold Property; Rocky Point Group; Wiltshire), Aspendell, Bishop Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
USGS-Rb-Sr-05505	77.64	77.64	77.64	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	biotite		78617	Bishop Creek Mine (Wilshire Bishop Creek Mine; Wilshire Gold Mine; Cardinal Mine; Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims; Cardinal Gold Property; Rocky Point Group; Wiltshire), Aspendell, Bishop Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

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