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Locality Name:
Miracle Hot Springs (Hobo Hot Springs), Kern River Uranium District, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 217361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miracle Hot Springs (Hobo Hot Springs), Kern River Uranium District, Kern Co., California, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dancing Devil No. 16 Anomaly (Dancing Devil No. 16 Claim)
Kergon Mine (Kergon Group Of Claims; Kergon-Buckeye; Buckeye Group; Kergon Mine Great Lakes Chemical Co.; Kergon-Buckete)
Little Sparkler Mine
Little Sparkler Mine (Little Sparkler Prospect)
Miracle Mine
Monte Cristo Prospect
Wayne Case Property

Latitude: 35°34'8"N
Longitude: 118°34'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.568888888889,-118.57055555556
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 Bi C Ca Cu F H K Mo O P Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteAutuniteCalciteFluoriteMeta-autuniteMicaNoneZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Walpurgite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O4159679,159682,159683,1596841272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115968327770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2159682,1596831184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11596794979
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1159681566
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211596799617
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)2159679,159682123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS21159679102
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1159682388
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O2159679,159681182
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21159682253
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11596821059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23159679,159681,1596822718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2159679,159682890
Walpurgite  (*)NoneBi4O4(UO2)(AsO4)2·2H2O115968238


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