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Locality Name:
Packard Well, Palen Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 215829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Packard Well, Palen Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Assessment Pit
Black Ace Mine (Doran Mine; Black Ace Claim; New Ace No. 1 Claim)
Fluorspar Group (Fluor Spar Group; Fluorspar Group Of Mines)
Fluorspar Group Of Mines (Fluorspar Group; Fluor Spar Group; Floyd Brown Mine)
Homestake Mine (Homestake Group)
Orphan Boy Mine
Palen Mountains Gypsum Deposit (Palen Mt Deposit)
Palen Mountains Manganese Deposit
Unnamed Cu Prospects [2]
Unnamed Fe Prospect [2]
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit [1]
Waters Placer (Water Placer; Yellow Stone)

Latitude: 33°54'3"N
Longitude: 115°4'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.900833333333,-115.07555555556
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 Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
GypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211694513419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311694471534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11694521588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211694495509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116944827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22169448,16945027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3169447,169448,1694513531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611694514135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3169447,169451,1694548173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22169448,1694499617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3169446,169452,1694566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116945114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116945114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24169448,169449,169450,16945112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1169447770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22169448,16945039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211694473106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116944861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2169448,1694506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11694505186


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