Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Nipton (Nippen; Nippeno), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 217773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nipton (Nippen; Nippeno), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Albermarle Mine
B. T. Prospect
Climax Prospect
Green Rock Prospect
Helen Prospect
Jack Claim (Jack Mine)
Lucy Gray Prospect
Mc Dermott Fluorspar Deposit (Mc Dermott Deposit; Blue Crystal Prospect)
Nipton Prospect (Magna Number 1; Freethinker)
San E. Lani No. 1 Prospect
San E. Lani No. 2 Prospect
Sani Lani West Prospect
Unnamed Au-Cu-F Prospect [1] (Unnamed Shaft Prospect)
Unnamed Fluorspar Prospect [2]
Unnamed Fluorspar-Cu Prospect [1]
Whitehorse Prospect

Latitude: 35°27'34"N
Longitude: 115°13'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.459444444444,-115.21777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Baryte	Fluorite	None	Scheelite

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: Ba Ca F Hg O S W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Fluorite None Scheelite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	172455	11547
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	172451	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	172453,172459,172460	9617
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	172451	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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