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Locality Name:
Kingston Peak, Kingston Range District, Kingston Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 254540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kingston Peak, Kingston Range District, Kingston Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Beck Mine [1] (Beck Deposits; Kingston Iron Deposit; Iron Gossam; Beck Mine; Gossan No. 1; 2 & 5 Claims)
Beck Mine [2] (Sunrise Mine)
Excelsior Mine (Excelsior Deposit)
Forty Nine Mine
Forty-Mile Group
Harry Adams Mine
Iron Cap Prospect
Johnson Prospect
Jupiter Mine
Kingston No. 1 Deposit (Kingston No. 1 Prospect)
Pioneer Workings Prospect (Pioneer Mine)
Purple Heart Mine
Rogers Mine
Silver Lode And Blackwater Mine (Silver Lode And Black Water; Blackwater Mine)
Silver Rule Mine (Chambers Mine)
Smith Mine [1] (Tecopa Mine)
Snow White Mine
Unnamed Ankerite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Au Prospect [169]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [40]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [45]
Unnamed Fe Deposits [2]
Unnamed Fe Prospect [7]
Unnamed Pb-Zn Prospect [2]
Unnamed Talc Prospect [2]
Unnamed Talc Prospect [3]
Vulcan Mine [2]

Latitude: 35°45'42"N
Longitude: 115°53'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.761666666667,-115.885
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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSepioliteSerpentineSpinelTalcWollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11720892734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22172075,1720923092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41172075708
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61172089919
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11720894979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117207527198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611720754135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211720759895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS117208924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32172075,17209614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42172075,17209614899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117207539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11720891725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23172075,172084,17208661156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1172089241
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)210172077,172080,172082,172084,172087,172090,172091,172099,172100,1721013337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211720752562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311720751247


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