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Locality Name:
Clear Creek District, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clear Creek District, Kern Co., California, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Havilah
Miracle Hot Springs Area

Latitude: 35°32'10"N
Longitude: 118°30'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.536111111111,-118.51333333333
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 Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetMarcasiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteStibniteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)211593143419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2159276,1593029052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115926827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115930127198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3159268,159269,1592928173
Gold  (*)CopperAu11159271,159277,159284,159286,159289,159291,159296,159301,159302,159303,15931230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311592661544
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211592795674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211593145800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24159276,159302,159305,15931339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811592839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214159268,159269,159272,159276,159279,159292,159302,159305,159306,159308,159309,159312,159313,15931461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)16159268,159269,159272,159278,159280,159281,159292,159293,159294,159300,159305,159308,159309,159312,159313,1593144894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311592673418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11593144899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011592981395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33159270,159293,1592981247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11592995251


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