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Locality Name:
Warner Springs, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 218806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Warner Springs, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Black Hawk Group
Caliente Roadless Area Review & Evaluation (RARE) II Area
Cryo-Genie Mine (Cindy B-Cryogenie Claim; Lost Valley Truck Trail Prospect)
Donna Prospects (Donna Lode; LVSEC2 Claim; Sunset Mine; The Donna Mine Claim)
Easy Group (Bateman And Irwin; Little Goffee)
Golden Crown Claim (Black Hawk Group)
Golden Duke Group (Encino)
Los Coyotes Prospect
Macaboy Claim
San Jose Del Valle Mine
San Ysidro Mountain
Teuscher Prospect (Beauty Mountain Tungsten Mines)
Tobin Prospect
Unnamed Asbestos Occurrence
Unnamed W Prospect

Latitude: 33°20'2"N
Longitude: 116°38'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.333888888889,-116.64916666667
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 B Be Bi Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAnalcimeApatiteBerylChloriteClayColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparGadolinite
LöllingiteMicaNonePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteStibniteTapiolite
TourmalineZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Herderite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pääkkönenite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Stibiotantalite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11752268803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1175226706
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182175226,1752274286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211752265171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61175226518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81175226181
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1175226520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11752262740
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6F117522613
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F117522620
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21175226762
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11752264924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22175226,17522717380
Pääkkönenite  (*)StibniteSb2AsS211752268
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O1175226140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22175226,17522761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2175224,1752314894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2175226,1752272705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11752261153
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61175226688
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO4117522653
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311752263418
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6117522688
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11752265251


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