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Locality Name:
Orocopia Mts (Dos Palmas Mts), Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orocopia Mts (Dos Palmas Mts), Riverside Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dos Palmas District

Latitude: 33°34'40"N
Longitude: 115°44'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.577777777778,-115.73638888889

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 Au C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteClayCopperFluoriteGarnetNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteTalc

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Cerussite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Nitratine  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)Talc  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11694284979
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211694309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116942824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2169437,16943930554
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)116942591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116943739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211694253106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24169425,169429,169436,16943961156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311694251214
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211694353337
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411694391655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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