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Locality Name:
Palen Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palen Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gray Claim
Iron Cap No. 2 Claim (Iron King No. 1 & No. 2 Claims; Iron King Claim)
Iron Queen Claim
Packard Well
Palen Copper Claims
Palen Mountains Talc Deposit (White Magic Claims; White Magic Deposit; White Magic Group; White Magic Mine)
Silver Joe Prospect

Latitude: 33°46'40"N
Longitude: 115°4'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.777777777778,-115.08194444444
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFluorite
GarnetGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRutile
SpinelTalcTitanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22169443,1694513419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311694471534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11694521588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211694495509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116944827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22169448,16945027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3169447,169448,1694513531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611694514135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4169443,169447,169451,1694548173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22169448,1694499617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3169446,169452,1694566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32169443,16945114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43169443,169444,16945114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24169448,169449,169450,16945112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1169447770
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22169448,16945039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211694473106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21169459771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116944861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2169448,1694506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11694505186
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211694593337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11694434899


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