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Locality Name:
Paymaster District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paymaster District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Buzzards Peak
Imperial Gables
Midway Well
Mount Barrow
Paymaster Landing
Quartz Peak

Latitude: 33°9'19"N
Longitude: 114°51'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.155277777778,-114.865
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmorphousAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
Turquoise

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3156612,156619,1566302793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22156641,1566485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)115661211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3156609,156612,15662127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11566124979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22156612,15664827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11566121382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11566213531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2156605,15661224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3156603,156605,15663030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33156616,156622,15662314640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4115662314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22156641,15664812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1156628770
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11566062994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115661239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23156626,156628,1566363106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24156606,156609,156612,15662161156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2115662888
Silver  (*)CopperAg11566305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115661221482
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2156614,156617484
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41156612303


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