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Locality Name:
Yucca Grove (Pass Alto; Halloran Summit), Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4.433
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.627

mindat Locality ID: 220980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yucca Grove (Pass Alto; Halloran Summit), Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Calmosil Mine (Calmasil)
Chesterfield & Old Gold Group
Coin Stock Group (Coin Block Group)
Contact Claim
Gladding McBean Occurrence
Gods Mine Prospect
Gold Bar Group
Lost Lead Mine (Lost Lead Group)
Prince Group
Squaw T Placers Claims
Telegraph Mine (Telegraph Extension Claim)
Toltec Mine
Unnamed Au Prospect [150]
Unnamed Baryte Prospect [7]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [62] (Unnamed Mine Shaft)
Utah Group
Yucca Mine (Pomona Mine; Desert Talc And Clay Mine; Yucca Grove Mine)
Yucca Palm Group

Latitude: 35°23'57"N
Longitude: 115°48'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.399166666667,-115.80944444444

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 O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteNoneQuartzSulphurTalc
Turquoise

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)117177611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117177327770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11717708173
Gold  (*)CopperAu4171765,171770,171771,17177830554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22171770,17177361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11717736417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11717732045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23171763,171767,1717793337
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1171774484



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-576034.4333.6274.03±0.403   57603    88337Contact Claim, Yucca Grove (Pass Alto; Halloran Summit), Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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