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Locality Name:
Vanderbilt District (New York District), New York Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 216260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vanderbilt District (New York District), New York Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 92
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 88

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Barnwell
Castle Peaks
Drum Peak
Vanderbilt

Latitude: 35°19'17"N
Longitude: 115°15'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.321388888889,-115.25222222222
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperFluoriteHumite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite
Turquoise

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11724209052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3172356,172436,17243911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411723595516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24172350,172359,172396,17240327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11724031382
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21172391285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11723503531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22172391,1724009895
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1172387551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1172386345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24172351,172387,172390,1723959617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3172398,172403,17243824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2172401,17241730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11724362812
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)3172395,172403,172405469
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211724385674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22172386,1723885800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117240217380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311724131425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117239439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29172351,172394,172395,172396,172398,172401,172403,172404,17241761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11724031711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3172351,172387,1723954894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2172395,17240321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311724033418
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1172366484


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