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Locality Name:
Barnwell, Vanderbilt District (New York District), New York Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 211594
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211594.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barnwell, Vanderbilt District (New York District), New York Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Boomerang Mine
Copper Bullion Mine
Gillsmith And Victory Prospect
Gold Eagle Claims
Kay Claim Group
Leastalk Prospect
Manvel Prospect
Opal Prospect
Piehls Quarry [?] (Unnamed Prospect)
Red Chief Prospect
Trio Group
Unnamed Ag-W Prospect [2]
Unnamed Ag-Zn Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au Prospect [62]
Unnamed Au-Sb-Zn-Ag-Mo-Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Mo Prospect [2]
Unnamed Pb-Cu Prospect [2]
Unnamed Turquoise Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Zn Prospect [5]
White Dove Limestone Claim

Latitude: 35°17'11"N
Longitude: 115°16'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.286388888889,-115.27083333333
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 Ca Cu F Fe H O P S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteChalcopyriteFluoriteNoneQuartzScheeliteTurquoise

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)117235611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411723595516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22172350,17235927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11723503531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211723519617
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117235161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11723514894
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1172366484


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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