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Locality Name:
Perris, Pinacate District, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perris, Pinacate District, Riverside Co., California, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Beatty Claims
C And C Consolidated Mine
Corona Mine [1] (Peggy Mine)
Golden Chariot Mine (Golden Charlotte)
Golden Nugget Mine
Good Hope Mine (Gold Prince; San Jacinto Claim)
Hoag Mine
Ida-Leona Mine (Gavilan)
Indian Queen Prospect (Indian Rose Queen Mine)
Jumbo Mine
Justice Mine (Colorado Mine)
Little Pete Claim
Maggie Mine (Little Maggie Mine)
Musick Claim (Dr. Musick Mine)
North Star Claim
Owens Claim
Perris Asbestos Deposit
Perris Mine (Peeris Mine)
Railroad Canyon Occurrence
Riverside County Gravel Pit [6]
San Antonio Mine
San Antonio Quarry
Santa Fe Group (Adyar Claim; Santa Fe Mine; Goldbug Claim; Florence Claim)
Santa Rosa Mine (Northern Belle Mine; Rosario Mine)
Smith Sand Pit [2]
Stanford Mine
Top Of The World Mine (La Plomo Mine; Steele Mine; Victor Mine)
Unnamed Arsenopyrite Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au Prospect [20]
Unnamed Au Prospects [86] (Small Prospects Near Stanford Mine)
Unnamed Clay Deposit [9] (Silt Deposit)
Unnamed Metasandstone Quarry [1]
Unnamed Stone Pit [11]
Unnamed Stone Pit [25]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [1]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [5]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [6]
Unspecified Mn Occurrence [2]
Unspecified W Occurrence [1]
Virginia Mine (Missing Link Mine; Virginia Shay Mine; Shay Mine)
Washington Mine
White Prince Deposit (Yellow Queen)

Latitude: 33°46'44"N
Longitude: 117°18'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.778888888889,-117.30805555556

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 As Au C Ca Fe O Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteCopperNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11695379052
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11695364979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116951724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu116951730554
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411695131507
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116951739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116951561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2169510,1695484894



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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