Buttermilk Mining District, Inyo Co., California, USAi
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Buttermilk Mining District | Mining District |
Inyo Co. | County |
California | State |
USA | Country |
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Key
Latitude & Longitude:
36° North , 117° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~177km
Locality type:
A W (principally) mining area located SW of Bishop, S of the Tungsten Hills, and around Aspendell and the Middle Fork Bishop Creek in an area designated as "Buttermilk Country" on the topo map.
There is no USGS MRDS database file for this district.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
ⓘ 'Limonite' Formula: (Fe,O,OH,H2O) Reference: USGS Bull 1182E |
ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.; USGS Bull 1182E |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: USGS Bull 1182E |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
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Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
ⓘ | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
Group 2 - SULFIDES | |||
AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2 | |||
ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.12.10.1 | MoS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.12.1.1 | FeS2 |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Limonite | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Limonite | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Limonite | (Fe,O,OH,H2O) |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10036046.
Localities in this Region
- California
- Inyo Co.
- Buttermilk Mining District
- Inyo Co.
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