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Locality Name:
East Kramer District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 215478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Kramer District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 90
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 83

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
East Kramer Borate Area (East Kramer Colemanite Area)

Latitude: 34°51'19"N
Longitude: 117°31'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.855277777778,-117.53083333333

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 Au B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAutuniteCalciteClayCopperMarcasiteNoneOrpimentPalygorskitePyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelVeatchite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Colemanite  (*)
Gold  (*)Greigite  (*)Howlite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Tunellite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Veatchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O221711714821627
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11714911272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22183171548,171557,17156027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2171488,1714911184
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O22184171548,171557,171560,171562144
Gold  (*)CopperAu3171490,171494,17149830554
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4117154862
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)522172171554,17157136
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11714891487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211715485674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11715481508
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S322183171548,171551,171560511
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1171548306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117154839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23171490,171494,17149861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS22183171548,171551,171560712
Tunellite  (*)NoneSrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O2217117148212
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1171491890
Veatchite  (*)VeatchiteSr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O2171548,17155012



4 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-19646221820±2   19646    273505Red Buttes, East Kramer Borate Area (East Kramer Colemanite Area), East Kramer District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-19649221820±2   19649    273505Red Buttes, East Kramer Borate Area (East Kramer Colemanite Area), East Kramer District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-19629221820±2   19629    271633Saddleback Mountain, East Kramer Borate Area (East Kramer Colemanite Area), East Kramer District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-58166201718+2/-1   58166    271633Saddleback Mountain, East Kramer Borate Area (East Kramer Colemanite Area), East Kramer District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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