Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Emperor Mine (Darwin Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 174
Youngest recorded age at locality: 174

mindat Locality ID: 78711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-78711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emperor Mine (Darwin Mine), Darwin, Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°16'0"N
Longitude: 117°34'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.266666666667,-117.58333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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: Bi Ca Cl Cu Fe O Pb S V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Ca Cl Cu Fe O Pb S V W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Nickeline None Pyrite Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	174	174	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	174	174	27198
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	174	174	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	174	174	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	174	174	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	174	174	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	174	174	605

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00455	174	174	174							Yes				23498	Darwin District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA	Darwin	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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