Mono County, California, USA (original) (raw)

Formula: Ag2S

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Description: Occurs as well-defined crystals up to 4 inches (10 cm) diameter with quartz. These crystals are often hollow shells studded internally with fine quartz prisms.

ⓘ Aluminocopiapite

Formula: Al2/3Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O

ⓘ Alunite

Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

Localities:

Little Antelope Valley, Mono County, California, USA
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs as a rare constituent of clays.

ⓘ Analcime

Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O

Description: Occurs as small crystals in volcanic rock.

ⓘ Anatase

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Sunny prospect, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Andalusite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Taylor Andalusite deposit (Taylor deposit), White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Rutile-Lazulite occurrence (1), Green Creek, Green Lake, Mono County, California, USA
Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Mono County, California, USA
Laurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Crystals form columnar masses; prismatic crystals to 10 cm long.

ⓘ Andalusite var. Chiastolite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

ⓘ Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Anglesite

Formula: PbSO4

Localities:

Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Chance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Long Chance & Vanelmart Mine (Long Chance Mine; Vanelmart Mine; Last Chance Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs widely distributed in moderate quantities; crystals to 1/3 inch (0.83 cm) diameter.

ⓘ Anhydrite

Formula: CaSO4

ⓘ Antlerite

Formula: Cu3(SO4)(OH)4

Localities:

ⓘ 'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Colour: White

Description: Occurs as small tabular crystals partly lining cavities in phosphatic rock.

ⓘ Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

Description: Forms the pinnacles in the lake with calcite.

ⓘ Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities:

September claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
May Lundy Mine (Crystal Lake Mine), Mount Scowden, Homer Mining District (May Lundy Mining District; Lundy Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Sierra group (Sierra No. 3 claim; Sierra No. 4 claim; Sierra No. 6 claim), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Hard Point Mine (Lloyd; Sibyl; Red Bluff; Bloody Mountain Tungsten group: Free Gold; Joe claims; Laurel Creek prospect), Bloody Mountain, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Atelestite

Formula: Bi2(AsO4)O(OH)

ⓘ Augelite

Formula: Al2(PO4)(OH)3

Colour: Colourless

Description: Occurs as crystals to 0.75 inches (1.8 cm) or more; commonly euhedral, transparent, and as fracture coatings and cavity fillings.

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

ⓘ Aurichalcite

Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6

Colour: Pale green

Description: Occurs as fisure fillings in magnetite containing sphalerite.

ⓘ Axinite-(Fe)

Formula: Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH

ⓘ 'Axinite Group'

Colour: Plum-colored

Description: Occurs as crystals to 1 inch (2.5 cm) in vugs and fissures in metamorphic rocks.

ⓘ Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Bariopharmacoalumite

Formula: Ba0.5Al4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 4H2O

References:

Kampf, Anthony R., Housley, Robert M., Rossman, George R., Marty, Joe, Chorazewicz, Marek (2018) Bodieite, Bi3+2(Te4+O3)2(SO4), a new mineral from the Tintic District, Utah, and the Masonic District, California, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (5) 763-772 doi:10.3749/canmin.1800046

ⓘ Bariopharmacosiderite

Formula: Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 5H2O

Localities:

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Description: Large crystals are found in fractures but are rare.

ⓘ 'Beudantite Group'

Formula: AM3(XO4)(SO4)(OH)6

Habit: balls of crystals

Colour: yellow

ⓘ Bicchulite

Formula: Ca2(Al2SiO6)(OH)2

Description: First locality for this mineral california, verified by RRUFF.

ⓘ 'Bindheimite'

Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O

Localities:

Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ 'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Description: Occurs in biotite schist.

ⓘ Bismoclite

Formula: BiOCl

References:

ⓘ Bismuth

Formula: Bi

ⓘ Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

Localities:

Scheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Bi occurrence (1), Oasis, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
West Walker River Canyon occurrence, Wild Horse Mountain, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs in small amounts.

ⓘ Bismutite

Formula: (BiO)2CO3

Localities:

Unnamed Bi occurrence (1), Oasis, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Represented by California Division of Mines and Geology specimen #11467.

ⓘ Bodieite (TL)

Formula: Bi2(TeO3)2(SO4)

Localities:

Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Habit: Bunches of flat needles or steep pyramidal platelets

Colour: white, beige, yellow, pale green, pearly green

ⓘ Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

Localities:

Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs in minor amounts.

ⓘ Boulangerite

Formula: Pb5Sb4S11

Habit: Slender prismatic

ⓘ Brannerite

Formula: UTi2O6

Localities:

Unspecified U occurrence (1), Coleville, West Walker Mining District (West Walker River Mining District), Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
West Walker River Canyon occurrence, Wild Horse Mountain, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Brochantite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

ⓘ Brushite ?

Formula: Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O

ⓘ 'Calcareous Tufa'

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

Description: Marble

ⓘ Calcite var. Glendonite

Formula: CaCO3

Description: Pseudomorphs after original steep tetragonal pyramids of ikaite. Reported to 8 or 10 inches (20 to 25 cm) long.

ⓘ Calcite var. Iceland Spar

Formula: CaCO3

Description: Occurs as large lenses or druses, some of optical quality, exhibiting cleavage fragments to 1 foot (0.3 meter) diameter.

ⓘ Caledonite

Formula: Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6

Localities:

Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Long Chance & Vanelmart Mine (Long Chance Mine; Vanelmart Mine; Last Chance Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Chance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

✪ Cannonite

Formula: Bi2(SO4)O(OH)2

Habit: aggregates of blades up to 2mm

Colour: yellow, iridescent yellow

References:

ⓘ Carlfriesite

Formula: CaTe4+2Te6+O8

Colour: yellow gemmy

Description: Single specimen: yellow gemmy ball of crystals, 3mm across, in a vug in tan-gray chalcedony, concentric layers of color inside with varying intensities.

ⓘ Carnotite

Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O

Description: This occurrence is represented by California Division of Mines and Geology specimen # 21624.

ⓘ Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Cervantite

Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4

ⓘ 'Chabazite'

Colour: Colorless, whitish

Description: Occurs as minute colorless or whitish crystals lining narrow fissures in biotite schist.

ⓘ Chalcanthite

Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O

Localities:

Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Description: Found sparingly as secondary veinlets.

ⓘ Chalcomenite

Formula: CuSeO3 · 2H2O

Localities:

Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Habit: euhedral crystals in vugs in chalcedony up to 1mm in size

Colour: blue

ⓘ Chalcophyllite

Formula: Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O

Localities:

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

ⓘ Chlorargyrite

Formula: AgCl

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

ⓘ Chlorargyrite var. Bromian Chlorargyrite

Formula: Ag(Cl,Br)

Localities:

Minnie Mine, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
Silver Reef Mine (1), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

ⓘ Chrysocolla

Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Cinnabar

Formula: HgS

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

Localities:

Banner Mine (Dog Mine; Wild Bill group; Old Glory Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Rough and Ready Mine, Masonic, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Clinoclase

Formula: Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3

Localities:

ⓘ Clinozoisite

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

ⓘ Cobaltite

Formula: CoAsS

ⓘ Conichalcite

Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)

Localities:

ⓘ Connellite

Formula: Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4 · 3H2O

ⓘ Copper

Formula: Cu

Description: Occurs sparingly.

ⓘ Cornubite

Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4

References:

ⓘ Cornwallite

Formula: Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4

Localities:

Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Habit: balls, layers, rarely crystals, excellent on white opal

Colour: green blue, from dark to light

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Colour: Deep blue

Description: Occurs as coarse nodular masses, as deep blue plates or irregular crystals in andalusite; rare but widespread.

ⓘ Covellite

Formula: CuS

Localities:

Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs in small amounts as an alteration product of chalcopyrite.

ⓘ Crandallite

Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6

ⓘ Cristobalite

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Little Antelope Valley, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Cristobalite occurrence (1), Casa Diablo Hot Springs, Long Valley Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Southern Coulee, Mono Craters, Mono County, California, USA

Description: A minor constituent of clays.

ⓘ Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Localities:

Santiago prospect (Cuba Havana), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Lundy area, Lundy, Homer Mining District (May Lundy Mining District; Lundy Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Detroit Mine (Detroit Copper Mine; Detroit Copper claim; Sterling Mine), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Cuprobismutite

Formula: Cu8AgBi13S24

ⓘ 'Cuproroméite' (FRL)

Formula: Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

Colour: White to yellow-brown

Description: Occurs as compact masses with andalusite or in veins of pyrophyllite; blades and plates to 3 cm long.

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

Localities:

Scheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
Black Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten deposit), Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Pappas prospect (Horseshoe No. 1), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
September claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Laurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Dioptase ?

Formula: CuSiO3 · H2O

Description: Tentatively identified as crystals lining cavities in malachite.

ⓘ Duftite

Formula: PbCu(AsO4)(OH)

ⓘ Dussertite

Formula: BaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6

Localities:

ⓘ Enargite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

Localities:

ⓘ Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

ⓘ Erythrite

Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O

Description: Occurs in the lower tunnel.

ⓘ Famatinite

Formula: Cu3SbS4

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ Ferberite

Formula: FeWO4

Habit: elongated prismatic blades

Colour: black, reddish brown

ⓘ 'Ferrierite Subgroup'

ⓘ Ferrimolybdite

Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O

Localities:

Silverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
September claims (September Holding & Hillen), Bennettville, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Mo occurrence (1), Northwest of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Bridgeport Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Mo occurrence (2), Silverado Canyon, South Sister, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
Tiger claim, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Colour: Light blue

Description: Coatings.

ⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)

Colour: Light blue

Description: Coatings.

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O

ⓘ Fluorellestadite

Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Localities:

Unnamed Fluorspar occurrence (1), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

Colour: Green, violet

Description: Occurs as crystals and masses.

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 37 localities in this region.

ⓘ Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena

Formula: PbS with Ag

Localities:

Lundy area, Lundy, Homer Mining District (May Lundy Mining District; Lundy Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Garibaldi Mine, Prescott area, Mono County, California, USA
Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ Gaylussite

Formula: Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O

ⓘ Geocronite

Formula: Pb14Sb6S23

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Chance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Many pseudomorphs after pyrite.

ⓘ Gold

Formula: Au

Localities: Reported from at least 117 localities in this region.

ⓘ Gold var. Electrum

Formula: (Au,Ag)

Localities:

Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
May Lundy Mine (Crystal Lake Mine), Mount Scowden, Homer Mining District (May Lundy Mining District; Lundy Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Bodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Goldfieldite

Formula: (Cu4◻2)(Cu4Cu+2)Te4S12S

Localities:

ⓘ Goyazite

Formula: SrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6

ⓘ Graphite

Formula: C

Localities:

Black Chance claims, Willow Springs, Bridgeport Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Hannah No. 1 prospect, Indian Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Laurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Greenockite

Formula: CdS

Colour: Brilliant yellow to orange

Description: Occurs as coatings on rocks and magnetite.

ⓘ Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Black Rock Mine (Black Rock Tungsten deposit), Black Rock Canyon, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Pappas prospect (Horseshoe No. 1), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Scheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
Laurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Description: Crystals occasionally occur in tubes of tufa.

ⓘ Gypsum var. Selenite

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Description: Crystals occasionally occur in tubes of tufa.

ⓘ Halite

Formula: NaCl

Description: Occurs as evaporite crusts.

ⓘ Halloysite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Spartan prospect (Detroit Mine workings [?]), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Detroit Mine (Detroit Copper Mine; Detroit Copper claim; Sterling Mine), Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Halotrichite

Formula: FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

ⓘ Hanksite

Formula: Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl

Description: Occurs with Trona in evaporite crusts of Halite

ⓘ Hazenite (TL)

Formula: KNaMg2(PO4)2 · 14H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Yang, H., Sun, H. J., Downs, R. T. (2011) Hazenite, KNaMg2(PO4)2·14H2O, a new biologically related phosphate mineral, from Mono Lake, California, U.S.A. American Mineralogist, 96 (4) 675-681 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3668

ⓘ Hedenbergite

Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ Hematite var. Specularite

Formula: Fe2O3

Description: Locally abundant.

ⓘ Hessite

Formula: Ag2Te

Localities:

Silverado Mine (Silverado - Kentuck Mine; Kentuck Mine), Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
Silverado Canyon, South Sister, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs in the upper workings.

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Localities:

Lemont group, June Lake, Mono County, California, USA
Hilton Creek Mine (Nicoll Hilton Creek Mine; Milton Creek prospect; Filipelli prospect pits; Hilton Creek project; Phelps Hilton Creek Mine), Mount Morgan, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Tridymite occurrence (1), Rickey Peak, New Range, Mono County, California, USA
Cooney Zinc Mine, Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Laurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Hübnerite

Formula: MnWO4

Localities:

Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Hydroxylapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)

ⓘ Ikaite

Formula: CaCO3 · 6H2O

Description: Forms seasonally

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Description: Occurs sparingly.

ⓘ ~~Iron~~

Formula: Fe

ⓘ Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Unspecified Fe-Mo occurrences (1), Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Juabite

Formula: CaCu10(TeO3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2 · 4H2O

Localities:

Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Kalinite

Formula: KAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O

Localities:

Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs sparingly as coatings on rock.

ⓘ Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Little Antelope Valley Mine (Casa Diablo deposits), Little Antelope Valley, Mono County, California, USA
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Hot Creek pit, Casa Diablo Hot Springs, Long Valley Mining District, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Kermesite

Formula: Sb2S2O

Description: Found sparingly in early mining.

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

Localities:

Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Bodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Laurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occurs as coarse crystals up to 2 cm intergrown with quartz in gold mines.

ⓘ 'K Feldspar var. Adularia'

Formula: KAlSi3O8

Localities:

Description: Occurs as coarse crystals up to 2 cm intergrown with quartz in gold mines.

ⓘ Laumontite

Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O

ⓘ Lavendulan

Formula: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl · 5H2O

Habit: bunch of thin needles 0.5mm across

Colour: pale blue

ⓘ Lazulite

Formula: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Rutile-Lazulite occurrence (1), Green Creek, Green Lake, Mono County, California, USA
Vulcanus claim, Dry Creek Canyon, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

Colour: Deep blue

Description: Abundant in veinlets cutting the ore body and wiedely disseminated in phosphate rock and vein quartz.

ⓘ Libethenite

Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH)

Description: Occurs as doubly terminated crystals in a mineralized zone.

ⓘ 'Limonite'

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

ⓘ Linarite

Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

Localities:

Chance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Long Chance & Vanelmart Mine (Long Chance Mine; Vanelmart Mine; Last Chance Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Lüneburgite

Formula: Mg3[B2(OH)6](PO4)2 · 6H2O

ⓘ Luzonite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

References:

ⓘ Magnesio-foitite

Formula: ◻(Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

ⓘ Manganite ?

Formula: Mn3+O(OH)

Description: Speculated to be present.

ⓘ Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Massicot

Formula: PbO

Localities:

Comanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Mcalpineite

Formula: Cu3(Te6+O6)

Localities:

ⓘ Mercury

Formula: Hg

ⓘ Mimetite

Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Localities:

ⓘ Minium

Formula: Pb3O4

Localities:

Rockingham Mine, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Mirabilite

Formula: Na2SO4 · 10H2O

Description: Dissolved in large quantity in the lake waters.

References:

ⓘ Mixite

Formula: BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O

Localities:

Pittsburg-Liberty Mine (Pittsburg claim; Pittsburg No. 2 claim; Liberty claim; Liberty No. 2 claim), New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

✪ Mojaveite

Formula: Cu6[Te6+O4(OH)2](OH)7Cl

Habit: balls of crystals up to 100um

Colour: milky blue

ⓘ Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Monazite'

Formula: REE(PO4)

ⓘ Monetite

Formula: Ca(PO3OH)

Description: Occurs as a thin veneer coating newberyite.

ⓘ Mottramite

Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH)

Localities:

Long Chance & Vanelmart Mine (Long Chance Mine; Vanelmart Mine; Last Chance Mine), Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Chance Mine, Casa Diablo Mountain, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

Description: Abundant. Forms veinlets with tourmaline and quartz.

ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite

Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2

ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Natroalunite

Formula: NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Natroalunite var. Strontium-bearing Natroalunite

Formula: (Na,Sr)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Naumannite

Formula: Ag2Se

Localities:

ⓘ Newberyite

Formula: Mg(PO3OH) · 3H2O

Description: Occurs as pseudomorphs after struvite, coated with a thin veneer of monetite.

ⓘ Nontronite ?

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Description: Tentatively identified from the scheelite ore bodies.

ⓘ 'Obsidian var. Mahogany Obsidian'

ⓘ Olivenite

Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)

Localities:

ⓘ Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Opal var. Opal-AN

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Fluorescence: Green (LW & SW UV).

Description: Occurs as thin coatings on joint surfaces.

ⓘ 'Opalite'

ⓘ Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Pauladamsite

Formula: Cu4(SeO3)(SO4)(OH)4 · 2H2O

References:

ⓘ Pharmacosiderite

Formula: KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O

References:

ⓘ Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Phosphosiderite

Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O

ⓘ Pickeringite

Formula: MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

ⓘ Pitticite

Formula: (Fe, AsO4, H2O) (?)

ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

ⓘ Powellite

Formula: Ca(MoO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Proustite

Formula: Ag3AsS3

Localities:

Oro Mine, Southern Consolidated Mine (Oro Mine; Defiance Mine; Noonday Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Addenda Mine), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Bodie Mine (Bodie project), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Southern Consolidated Mine (Oro Mine; Defiance Mine; Noonday Mine; Red Cloud Mine; Addenda Mine), Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

Localities:

Black Horse prospect, Wheeler Peak, Patterson Mining District, Sweetwater Mts (Sweetwater Range), Mono County, California, USA
Champion prospect, Willow Springs, Bridgeport Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Mono Manganese No. 7 prospect (Wade prospect), Willow Springs, Bridgeport Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Taylor property (Manganese Nos. 1-4 claims; Bluebird Nos. 1 & 2 claims; Hess Mine; Moyle group of claims; Taylor-Moyle group of claims; Mono Extension), Willow Springs, Bridgeport Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Pyrargyrite

Formula: Ag3SbS3

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 36 localities in this region.

Description: Abundant.

ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

ⓘ Pyromorphite

Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl

Localities:

Log Cabin and Sunrise groups (Log Cabin group; Log Cabin Mining Co. property; Sunrise group; Mutual group; Simpson Mine), Lee Vining Peak, Lee Vining, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Colton Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

~~Pacific Mine, Indian Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA~~

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Colour: White to colourless

Description: Occurs as sheaves of plates to 12 mm and small clusters of radiating masses and veinlets in andalusite.

ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

Localities:

Lemont group, June Lake, Mono County, California, USA
Hilton Creek Mine (Nicoll Hilton Creek Mine; Milton Creek prospect; Filipelli prospect pits; Hilton Creek project; Phelps Hilton Creek Mine), Mount Morgan, Mono County, California, USA
Cooney Zinc Mine, Copper Mountain, Jordan Mining District, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 121 localities in this region.

Description: Forms veins hosting other minerals also occurs as crystals to 10 cm long lining walls of vugs and fractures.

ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Serita Mine, New York Hill, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal

Formula: SiO2

Description: Occurs as crystals to 3 inches (7.5 cm) diameter with bubbles and cavities - abundant.

ⓘ Richelsdorfite

Formula: Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl · 6H2O

Localities:

ⓘ Rooseveltite

Formula: Bi(AsO4)

References:

ⓘ Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Moreau claim, Mine Canyon, Champion Mine area, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Unnamed Rutile-Lazulite occurrence (1), Green Creek, Green Lake, Mono County, California, USA

Colour: Wine-red to red-brown

Description: Occurs as abundant minute specks in andalusite; crystals to 3 mm common.

ⓘ Sanidine

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ 'Scapolite'

ⓘ Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region.

ⓘ Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Description: Occurs as veinlets of hair-like fibers.

ⓘ Scorodite

Formula: Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O

Localities:

ⓘ Scorzalite

Formula: Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Lower group of patented claims, Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Only material associated with svanbergite and schorl.

ⓘ Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Localities:

Comanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Unspecified Fe-Mo occurrences (1), Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Silver

Formula: Ag

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

ⓘ Stephanite

Formula: Ag5SbS4

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Stibnite

Formula: Sb2S3

Localities:

Bloody Canyon occurrence, Williams Butte, Lee Vining, Tioga Mining District, Mono County, California, USA
Comet Mine, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Comanche Mine (Kerrick Mine; Comanche & Kerrick Mine), Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Diana Mine, Diana-Kerrick group, Diana Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Stolzite

Formula: Pb(WO4)

Localities:

Colour: Yellow

Description: Occurs as small crystals in altered galena.

ⓘ Strashimirite

Formula: Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4 · 5H2O

References:

ⓘ 'Strengite-Variscite Series'

Formula: Fe3+PO4 . 2H2O - Al3+PO4 . 2H2O

ⓘ Stromeyerite

Formula: AgCuS

Localities:

Lyford Mine (Lynford), Buscones Peak, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Blind Spring Mining District (Blind Spring Hill Mining District; Benton Mining District), Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Struvite

Formula: (NH4)Mg(PO4) · 6H2O

Description: Occurs as crystals partly replaced by newberyite.

ⓘ Sulphur

Formula: S8

Localities:

Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
Chemung Mine (Masonic Mines Association Mine), Masonic Mountain, Masonic Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA

Description: Occasionally occurs as large balls filling cavities in andalusite ore.

ⓘ Svanbergite

Formula: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6

Habit: Rhombahedra

Colour: Pale yellow to orange, brown

ⓘ Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

Localities:

Standard Hill Mine, Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Bell prospect, Banner Ridge, Chidago Mining District, Benton Range, Mono County, California, USA
Benton pit, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Teineite

Formula: Cu2+(Te4+O3) · 2H2O

Localities:

Habit: euhedral crystals in cavities up to 2 mm

Colour: vivid dark blue

Description: It is suspected that the pile of material was brought in to the Chemung Mill from Sarita mine.

ⓘ Tellurite

Formula: TeO2

Localities:

Colour: yellow

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

Localities:

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Description: Massive. Primary Cu ore mineral.

ⓘ Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

Description: Occurs as minute grains scattered through andalusite.

✪ Tlapallite ?

Formula: (Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2 · 3H2O

Habit: balls of needles

Colour: milky blue on the outside, blue inside

Description: This is most likely not a tlapallite, but a new mineral, an As analogue. It is suspected that the pile of material was brought in to the Chemung Mill from Sarita mine.

ⓘ Topaz

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Description: Occurs as small amounts of granular material in andalusite.

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

ⓘ 'Tourmaline var. Achroite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

ⓘ Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Localities:

Pappas prospect (Horseshoe No. 1), Mammoth Lakes, Lakes Mining District (Lake Mining District; Mammoth Mining District), Mono County, California, USA
Scheelore Mine (Scheelore Tungsten deposit; Van Loon Scheelore 8 claims), Mount Baldwin, Mono County, California, USA
Laurel Mountain, Mono County, California, USA

ⓘ Tridymite