Colton Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Colton Mine | Mine |
White Mountain Peak | Peak |
White Mountains | Mountain Range |
Mono County | County |
California | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 37' 60'' North , 118° 19' 60'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Dyer | 259 (2011) | 23.8km |
Benton | 280 (2011) | 24.2km |
Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek | 2,645 (2011) | 28.4km |
Mesa | 251 (2011) | 30.1km |
Bishop | 3,806 (2017) | 30.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
83072
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:83072:3
GUID (UUID V4):
414288b7-6589-4281-bf5a-31946cf78cad
A pyrophyllite-soapstone deposit/mine located 6.8 km (4.3 miles) W of White Mountain Peak, S of Lone Tree Creek, on National Forest land. Owned by Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc. Worked intermittently. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.
Mineralization is a replacement type pyrophyllite deposit hosted in mixed clastic/volcanic rock (pre-Cretaceous prophyllitic schist, quartzite, and pre-Cretaceous volcanic rocks. The ore body is lens-shaped at a thickness of 30.48 meters and several hundred feet long. The ore consists of pyrophyllite schist in silicified zones in pre-Creaceous volcanics and sedimentary rocks. Alteration is local (silicification). Local rocks include pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Pyrophyllite Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrophyllite | 9.EC.10 | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10069782 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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