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Locality Name:
Sidewinder Mountain, Rodman Mts, Belleville District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 211573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sidewinder Mountain, Rodman Mts, Belleville District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alvic Quarry (Bail Deposits)
Ball Iron Deposits (Ball Mine; Ball Magnesite Deposit; Ball; Red Seal)
Pierce Tungsten Claims
Price Group (A.C. Price Group Claims)
Sidewinder Mine
Southwestern Cement Plant (Quarry Plant)
Three Colored Marble Mine (Three Color Marble Quarry; Hillis Quarry; Hillis Marble Quarry; Sidewinder Mountain Deposit)
Unnamed Baryte Deposit [1]
Unnamed Mn Occurrence [4]

Latitude: 34°36'48"N
Longitude: 117°4'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.613333333333,-117.07805555556
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteBrochantiteCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyroxeneSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Piemontite  (*)
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)211707073419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211707045509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2170704,17070811547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62170704,1707051633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11707045707
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611707024135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211707079895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11707048173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3117070214640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11707021487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4117070214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117070412537
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1170709260


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