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Locality Name:
Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Greenhorn Mts, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenhorn District (Greenhorn Mountains District), Greenhorn Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alta Sierra
Bartolas Country
Black Morel Mine
Black Mountain
Quartz Mountain
Rough And Ready Mountain
Saturday Peak
Unspecified W-Garnet-Mica-Cordierite Occurrences [1]
Woodward Peak

Latitude: 35°37'13"N
Longitude: 118°36'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.620277777778,-118.60638888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetHumboldtine
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneOxalatePyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteStibniteWollastonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Antimony  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Humboldtine  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311596222353
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1159598363
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7159569,159575,159576,159581,159586,159588,15959727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2115958827198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2159575,1595791025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811596221008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64159569,159574,159575,1595794135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)15159569,159571,159572,159574,159575,159576,159579,159581,159585,159586,159588,159591,159597,159600,1596078173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2159610,15963430554
Humboldtine  (*)Humboldtine OxalateFe2+(C2O4)·2H2O115957227
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23159577,159588,1596075800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1159607494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23159576,159586,15958839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82159588,1595999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213159569,159571,159573,159574,159575,159576,159579,159581,159585,159586,159588,159591,15959761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)22159571,159572,159574,159575,159576,159577,159578,159579,159581,159582,159585,159586,159588,159590,159591,159597,159599,159600,159602,159603,159605,1596224894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33159570,159574,1595983418
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211595742562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311595881247


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