Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loraine, Loraine District, Kern Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loraine, Loraine District, Kern Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Amalie-Agua Caliente Mine (Amelia; Amelia Mine And Mill; Amalia)
Barbarossa Mine
Cowboy Mine (Old Cowboy Mine; Gold Peak Mine; Gold Peak And Cowboy Mines; Zada Mine)
Juan Dosie Mine (Jann Dosie Mine; Juan Dos Mines)
Ritter Ranch Deposit (Iron Blossom Deposit)
Studhorse Canyon Mine (Studhorse Canyon Property)
Tollgate Canyon
Unspecified W Occurrence [4]

Latitude: 35°17'49"N
Longitude: 118°25'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.296944444444,-118.43138888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Baryte	Copper	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Melanterite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 As Au Ba Br Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Baryte Copper Melanterite Nickeline None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	159757,159759	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	159761	11547
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	2	159757,159759	227
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	159757,159759	1382
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	159758,159759,159760	30554
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	159759	915
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	159757,159759	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	159757	1425
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	159759	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	159759	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	159764	4894
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	159762	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	159757,159759	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	159763	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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