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Locality Name:
Silver Lake, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 217735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Lake, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bat Prospect
Break Of Day Mine (Three States)
Iron Mountain Deposit (Iron Mountain-Iron King-Silver Lake)
Silver Dry Lake
Silver Lake Clay Group (Silver Lake Clay Mine)
Silver Lake Mine (Tremolite Mine; Gould Mine; Pacific Coast Mine; Riggs And Best Mine)
Silver Lake Mountain
Thomas Nos. 1-6 Iron Claims (Iron King Deposit; Iron King Prospect; Iron King Group)
Unnamed Sr-Gypsum Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Talc Occurrence [1]
Unnamed U-Gypsum Prospect [1]

Latitude: 35°23'34"N
Longitude: 116°13'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.392777777778,-116.2225
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCorundumGypsumLinariteNoneSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTalc

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Caledonite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61173848359
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11738501252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117384027198
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1173848164
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3173845,173850,1738526890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32173841,17384914640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21173848987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42173841,17384914899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11738451508
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22173846,1738513337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211738512562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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