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Locality Name:
Bouquet Canyon, Green Valley, Sierra Pelona Mts (Sierra Pelona Range), Los Angeles Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 212095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bouquet Canyon, Green Valley, Sierra Pelona Mts (Sierra Pelona Range), Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bouquet Canyon Deposit
Bouquet Canyon Quarry (Pyle Quarry)
Bouquet Canyon Talc Prospect
Bouquet Reservoir
Outlook Mine
Sunshine Prospect
Switzer No. 1 Mine
Switzer No. 2 Mine
Unspecified Graphite Occurrence

Latitude: 34°33'19"N
Longitude: 118°25'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.555277777778,-118.41916666667
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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzRocksalt
SpinelTalc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11618428803
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411618383902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11618421025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811618391008
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116184324243
Graphite  (*)NoneC11618482812
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116183917380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116184361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11618435186
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22161839,1618403337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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