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Locality Name:
Lake Elsinore, Pinacate District, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 215573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Elsinore, Pinacate District, Riverside Co., California, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
American Flag And Monarch Mines (American Flay & Monarch)
Argonaut Group
Arroyo Del Toro Prospects
Beal-McClellan Property (Beal Mc Clellan Property; Newport; Brum; Brum And Newport Prospect; Newport Black Eagle; Elsinore Property)
Best Ranch Deposit
Binkley's Diggings Prospect
Brady Prospect
Chief Of The Hills Mine (Chief Of The Hills Group)
Evans Shafts Prospect
Gladding; McBean & Company Corona Placer Mine (International Pipe & Ceramics Corp.)
Golten Group (Mineral Chief; Golden Group)
Lake View Prospect (Lakeview Prospect)
Lucky Strike Mine [3] (Ophir Mine)
Morton Clay Deposit
Nettleton Deposit
O'Brien Mine
Palisades Group
Pinacate Mine
Rainbow Slate Group
Riverside County Gravel Pit [3]
Riverside County Gravel Pit [4]
Robinhood No. 4 Prospect
Shining Star Group
Tyler's Diggings
Unnamed Au Prospects [2]
Unnamed Granite Quarry [1]
Unnamed Mn Prospect [4]
Unnamed Slate Quarry [1]
Unnamed Slate Quarry [2]
Unnamed Sn Prospect [1]
Unnamed Sn Prospect [2]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [2]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [7]
Wrench Prospect
Wrench Slate Prospect

Latitude: 33°41'50"N
Longitude: 117°18'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.697222222222,-117.30222222222
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 Fe H K Mn O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneClayFeldsparGarnetMarcasiteMicaNoneQuartzRhodoniteRutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Bementite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81169477173
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22169474,1694815171
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211694865674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11694854924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116948517380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1169477186
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211694773106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22169481,16948561156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1169477969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311694851214


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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