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Locality Name:
Lava Bed Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lava Bed Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lava Beds District (Newberry District)

Latitude: 34°35'29"N
Longitude: 116°29'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.591388888889,-116.48805555556
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: Ag Al Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloritoidClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteLudwigiteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2172162,1721802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2172162,1721802734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)117216211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411721625516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5172162,172166,172172,172174,17218427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2172162,1721804979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1172189925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117218127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2172162,1721801382
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21172174376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11721893531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23172171,172172,1721749895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11721668173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2172162,17218124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu117216430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36172166,172168,172172,172174,172175,17217614640
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1172176134
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11721711487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46172166,172172,172174,172175,172176,17217814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117218912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117216639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24172164,172167,172177,17218261156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43172162,172169,1721801655


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