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Locality Name:
Weldon District, Piute Mts, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 208642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weldon District, Piute Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Heald Peak
Nicolls Peak
Rocky Point
Sageland (El Dorado Camp)
Weldon

Latitude: 35°34'41"N
Longitude: 118°15'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.578055555556,-118.26027777778
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperEpidoteMeta-autuniteMica
NonePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Gold  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2160049,1600521272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5160035,160038,160042,160046,16005927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23160044,160045,16005127198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611600604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10160035,160038,160042,160043,160044,160045,160046,160050,160051,1600598173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1160053551
Gold  (*)CopperAu116005530554
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1160049388
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116006017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1160061471
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25160035,160042,160045,160059,16006061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)14160035,160037,160038,160039,160042,160043,160044,160045,160046,160050,160051,160053,160059,1600614894
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2160049,1600521059
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O116004989


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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