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Locality Name:
Barstow, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barstow, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Ball Mine
Barstow Mine
Bill Mann Quarry
Birdseye Granite Quarry (Charcoal Black Quarry)
Brubaker-Mann Quarry
Calico Quarries And Mill
Darby Prospect (Fredero; Federo; Climax)
Dusty Rose Quarry [2]
Fossil Baryte Occurrence
Grottoes Clay Prospect (Grotto & Lone Adit Bentonite)
Lead Mountain [2]
Massen Silver Mines
Mount General
NW Barstow Dolomite (Dolomite Northwest Of Barstow Cal.)
Pink Rock Quarry
Potter Bentonite Prospect
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [105]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Pb-Zn Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Pb-Zn Prospect [4]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [13]
Unnamed Baryte-Zn-Ag Prospect [2]
Unnamed Ca Prospect [3]
Unnamed Occurrences
Unnamed Pumice Prospect [12]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [8]

Latitude: 34°54'27"N
Longitude: 117°1'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.9075,-117.02111111111

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClinozoisiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSpinel

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Alunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Colemanite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goudeyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211705573419
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O117053190
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63170527,170532,170542966
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211705315509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12170513,170521,170524,170526,170527,170531,170532,170536,170539,170540,170542,17055511547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21170542172
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2170532,17053327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11705331252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11705324979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2170514,1705321382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11705322600
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O1170533144
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1170531363
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161170532227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161170532599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211705489895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11705578173
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1170532107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS117053224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2170527,1705327437
Gold  (*)CopperAu117051930554
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O117053119
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3117055714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11705321689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4117053273
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611705312228
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11705481487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22170531,17053212537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11705321107
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21170532158
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211705573106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117051961156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21170532454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11705322473
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O1170533160
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41170532303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411705421655
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O117053184



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