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Locality Name:
New Method Mine (Hope Uranium Prospect; Hope Mine; Hoping No. 1), Amboy Area, Bristol Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 16939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Method Mine (Hope Uranium Prospect; Hope Mine; Hoping No. 1), Amboy Area, Bristol Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°36'21"N
Longitude: 115°39'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.605833333333,-115.66638888889
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: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBruciteCalciteClayFluoriteHumiteMicaNoneOlivinePyroxene
QuartzSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O067
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3052
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0144
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O056
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890


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