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Locality Name:
Campo, San Diego Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 113
Youngest recorded age at locality: 109

mindat Locality ID: 212372
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212372.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Campo, San Diego Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Andes Prospect
Bill Hills Prospect
Bullard Prospect
Cameron Corners Pit (Gravel Pit; Buckman Springs Pit)
Campo Molybdenum Deposit (Lippner Deposit; Midway Deposit; Aikan; Dillback Deposit; Dillbeck Deposit)
Companion No. 1 Deposit (Campo Deposit)
Golden Star No. 1 Claim
Hauser Canyon
Quality Deposit (Orion; Osborne)
Unnamed Silica Claim - 5
Unspecified Mn Occurrence
White Rose Deposit
Willhite Group

Latitude: 32°38'34"N
Longitude: 116°29'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.642777777778,-116.49222222222

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 As B C Fe H K Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteClayFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzSpinelTourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11743958803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11744009052
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1174391345
Graphite  (*)NoneC11743892812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4117439214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211743915800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117439517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117440039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21131093174391,174395,17439761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11310911743972705



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-126150113109111±2   126150    91640Unnamed Silica Claim - 5, Campo, San Diego Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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