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Locality Name:
Shadow Mts [1], San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 218956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shadow Mts [1], San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kingston Spring
Shadow Mountain
Squaw Mountain

Latitude: 35°33'2"N
Longitude: 115°52'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.550555555556,-115.86916666667

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Faujasite-Ca  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11736882734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211736885509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2173681,17369511547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11736884979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117368527198
Faujasite-Ca  (*)None(Ca,Na,Mg)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O117370012
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2173688,17368924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu117368430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11736786890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3117370014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117368512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117368539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22173684,17368961156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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