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Locality Name:
McCoy Mts (Ironwood Mts), Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McCoy Mts (Ironwood Mts), Riverside Co., California, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arlington District (Ironwood District)
Blew Bur Claims
Unspecified Mn-Cu Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 33°42'26"N
Longitude: 114°51'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.707222222222,-114.86361111111
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphalerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Annite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11693212793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211693103419
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21169310356
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11692921272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23169321,169324,1693255509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116931111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116931027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11692981184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11693104979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3169310,169321,1693245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22169310,16932427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3169294,169298,1693103531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11693253846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3169310,169321,1693242970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3169294,169298,1693108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116931024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu116931930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116931014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611693102228
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21169301210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22169310,16932412537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)5169302,169304,169305,169311,169325770
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61169310477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22169298,16931039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO26169302,169303,169304,169305,169311,1693253106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116931061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116931021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11693201101
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1169292890


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