Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rand Mts, Kern Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 210948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rand Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 164
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 155

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rand District (Randsburg District)

Latitude: 35°21'3"N
Longitude: 117°40'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.350833333333,-117.66944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Löllingite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Löllingite Mica None Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	160138,160153	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	160126	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	160220	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	160192,160218	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	160174,160204,160207,160227	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	160218	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	160227	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	160220	3531
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	160126	57
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	160207,160220	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30	160125,160138,160139,160142,160144,160146,160148,160152,160153,160159,160167,160170,160171,160172,160180,160182,160189,160192,160193,160195,160207,160219,160223,160224,160227,160228,160234,160251,160253,160255	30554
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	160121	762
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	6	160163,160168,160207,160218,160220,160227	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	160220	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	160158	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	160210	2994
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	160121	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4	160163,160207,160218,160227	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	160168,160170,160174,160192,160207	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	2	160207,160220	84
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	160126	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	160127,160138,160151,160168,160170,160174,160182,160192,160206,160207,160218,160227,160244,160247,160255	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	160247	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	5	160126,160131,160247,160248,160284	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	16	160124,160127,160136,160151,160170,160182,160183,160189,160202,160205,160206,160207,160216,160244,160246,160255	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	160207	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	160131,160247,160248	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	160218	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	160227	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	160207,160227	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	160126	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	160242,160249,160250,160254	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	160126,160247	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	160163,160218,160220	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	160220	605
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	1	160207	89
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	160233	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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