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Locality Name:
Mule Mts (Palo Verde Mts), Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mule Mts (Palo Verde Mts), Riverside Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District)
Unspecified Fire Agate Occurrences [1]
Unspecified Mn Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 33°28'39"N
Longitude: 114°50'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.4775,-114.83833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211693845509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116939227770
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1169392197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25169383,169384,169394,169395,16939627198
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11693922740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211693929617
Gold  (*)CopperAu116938430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11693926890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22169383,16938412537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11693922994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23169383,169384,16939639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22169392,16939961156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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