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Locality Name:
Mount General (Mt General), Hinkley, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 209657
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209657.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount General (Mt General), Hinkley, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
A. O. Prospect (AO Prospect; BS-34)
BS-38 Prospect
Hoosier & Missouri Prospect (Hoosier)
Pedry Mine (San Antonio Mine; Pedry Deposit; Golden Witch Mine; Golden Witch Deposit)
Unnamed Ag Prospect [2] (Unnamed Shaft Prospect)
Unnamed Ag-Au Prospect [8]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [30]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [69]
Unnamed Au-Baryte Prospect [2] (Unnamed Adit)
Unnamed Au-Baryte-Zn Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Cu Mine [38] (Unnamed Prospect)
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag-Zn-Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Prospect [2]
Unnamed Baryte Occurrence [51]
Unnamed Pb-Baryte Prospect [1]

Latitude: 34°57'28"N
Longitude: 117°6'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.957777777778,-117.11444444444
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 Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDescloiziteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11705672734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5170565,170567,170573,170579,17058011547
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1170564227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3170564,170565,17056727770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11705651252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11705674979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117056727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11705641382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2170564,1705673531
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1170564378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2170567,17058024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu117057530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11705642812
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2170564,1705671689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22170565,17056712537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2170564,170565362
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61170567477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117056739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11705671725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24170564,170567,170575,17058061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS117056721482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2170564,170565605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411705671655


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