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Locality Name:
Turquoise Mountain, Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turquoise Mountain, Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Apache Mine (Apache Canyon Mines)
Duval Corporation Drill Sites Prospect
Hillside No. 1 Mine (Hillside; Hillside Group)
Himalaya Mine (Himalaya Group Of Claims)
Imperial Group
Middle Camp (Stone Hammer Mine)
Solo Champ Prospect
Tiffany Mine
Turkoiz Prospect
Unnamed Ag Prospect [17]
Unnamed Au Prospect [89]
Wanderer Extension No. 3 Prospect (Unnamed Location)
Yucca Deposit

Latitude: 35°25'28"N
Longitude: 115°55'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.424444444444,-115.93083333333
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 Be Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBerylClayFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzTalcTurquoise

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Jarosite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61171752966
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811717494286
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611717522228
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11717494924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117174917380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117174961156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211717613337
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O3171749,171752,171754484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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