Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bodfish, Erskine Creek District, Kern Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 215627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bodfish, Erskine Creek District, Kern Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Double S Ranch
Glen Olive Mine (Bulgarian Troubles Mine)
Iconoclast Mine
Illinois And Golden Bell Mine (Illinois And Golden Belt Mine)
Laurel Mine (Laurel Group Of Mines; Marbel No.1; 2 And 3 Claims; Perth Amboy No. 1; 2 And 3 Claims)
Lucy B No. 3 Mine (Lucy B #3 Mine)
Mondora Mine
Polar Bear Prospect
Radiation Prospect (Radiation Property; Embree Property)
Silverado Prospect (Silverdo Prospect; Silverado Mine)
Tripoli Mine (Tripoli Prospect)
Utopia Mine (Utopia Claims; Allen Property)

Latitude: 35°33'42"N
Longitude: 118°26'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.561666666667,-118.43583333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe O S U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite None Pyrite Scheelite Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	159518	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	159511,159516	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	159511,159513,159514	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	159516	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	159517	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	159511	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	159515	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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