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Locality Name:
Providence Mts (Sierra De Santa Coleta; Timpisagwagatsitci), San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Providence Mts (Sierra De Santa Coleta; Timpisagwagatsitci), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 210
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 201

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arrowhead District (Arrow District)
Kelso District
Trojan District (Providence District)

Latitude: 34°56'36"N
Longitude: 115°32'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.943333333333,-115.54166666667
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 Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211729435509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2172943,17295411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411729435516
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1173130227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117294327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11731374979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24172959,172995,172996,17300627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2173006,1731301382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22173124,1731469895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22172943,1729829617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4172959,173006,173130,17313724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5172939,172943,172960,173039,17310230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32173126,17314514640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2172995,173018469
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3173021,173125,1731461487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4117314514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22172943,17298012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211729625674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23172993,172995,17299639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212172943,172959,172960,172973,172995,172996,173006,173008,173010,173018,173039,17310261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11730064894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2172993,17300621482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1173110332
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11729801101


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