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Locality Name:
Erskine Creek District, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 208731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erskine Creek District, Kern Co., California, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bodfish
Lake Isabella (Isabella) [town]
Laura Peak
Mountain Mesa
South Lake

Latitude: 35°35'13"N
Longitude: 118°23'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.586944444444,-118.39944444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenoliteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteGarnetMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antimony  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Kermesite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311595271534
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2159525,159539363
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115951827770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O42159524,159525352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22159511,15951627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11595208173
Gold  (*)CopperAu5159511,159513,159514,159534,15953530554
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21159524230
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211595265800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1159526494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115951639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115952461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4159517,159520,159526,1595374894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31159524179
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511595231516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115951121482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1159525446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32159525,1595393418
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211595152718
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31159525369


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