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Locality Name:
Cove District, Kern Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 110
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 211755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cove District, Kern Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kernville
Old Kernville
Wofford Heights

Latitude: 35°42'52"N
Longitude: 118°25'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.714444444444,-118.42472222222
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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Lechatelierite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311593371935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115932627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22159337,15934527198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611593344135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2159326,1593438173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115933724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9159322,159323,159337,159338,159339,159340,159342,159345,15934630554
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO2115932462
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211593375674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211593375800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1159325494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311593351425
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811593379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24159326,159328,159334,15934361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)110909159321,159322,159325,159326,159327,159333,159334,159341,1593434894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2159337,15934521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311593373418


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-1539111090100±10   15391    79934Cyrus Canyon Mine (Big Raymond Nos. 1-4 Claims; Raymond; Syrus Canyon), Old Kernville, Cove District, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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