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Locality Name:
Marble Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 217727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
B.S.D. Group
Brown Buttes
Cadiz
Unnamed Cu-Zn Prospect [1]

Latitude: 34°37'43"N
Longitude: 115°35'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.628611111111,-115.5875
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteHumite
NonePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
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)211722573419
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41172257708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117225727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22172257,17227027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11722703531
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21172257236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11722591025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611722574135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22172249,1722649895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11722578173
Gold  (*)CopperAu117224930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33172257,172265,17226614640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11722571487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42172257,17226614899
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22172257,17227061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11722702473
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211722573337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11722574899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011722571395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311722571247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11722571025


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