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Locality Name:
Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.5

mindat Locality ID: 209823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Goffs
Horn Peak
Johnsons Well
Mexican Hat
Mopah Peaks
Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs)
Needles Meteorite

Latitude: 34°19'22"N
Longitude: 114°48'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.322777777778,-114.81527777778
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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo O Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayIronMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzScheeliteSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Iron  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11739905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117399027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11739903531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11739902970
Iron  (*)IronFe11740351089
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117399017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222.514.52173990,17403261156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1174035374
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411739901934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1174035703
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO422.514.501655


18 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-1297722.514.518.5±4   12977    289581Mopah Peaks, Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1297822.514.518.5±4   12978    289581Mopah Peaks, Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1297922.514.518.5±4   12979    289581Mopah Peaks, Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1298022.514.518.5±4   12980    289581Mopah Peaks, Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1296522.514.518.5±4   12965    289580Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1296622.514.518.5±4   12966    289580Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1297622.514.518.5±4   12976    289580Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1293022.514.518.5±4   12930    88369Craik Perlite Prospect, Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1293122.514.518.5±4   12931    88369Craik Perlite Prospect, Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1293222.514.518.5±4   12932    88369Craik Perlite Prospect, Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1293322.514.518.5±4   12933    88369Craik Perlite Prospect, Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1297022.514.518.5±4   12970    89290Prosperity Mine (Prosperity Group; Golden Star), Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1297222.514.518.5±4   12972    89290Prosperity Mine (Prosperity Group; Golden Star), Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1296822.514.518.5±4   12968    258345Unnamed Chalcedony Occurrence [3], Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1297522.514.518.5±4   12975    258345Unnamed Chalcedony Occurrence [3], Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1294722.514.518.5±4   12947    89724Unnamed Zeolites Prospect [3], Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1294822.514.518.5±4   12948    89724Unnamed Zeolites Prospect [3], Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-58095201718+2/-1   58095    89724Unnamed Zeolites Prospect [3], Mopah Spring (Mau`upah; Maupah; Mopah Springs), Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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