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Locality Name:
Leiser Ray Mine (Lester Ray-Goffs Mine; Camp Signal Mine; Vanadium King Mine; California Comstock; Louisiana-California Co.; Vanadium Gold Co.), Signal Hill, Piute Range [N], Signal District (Vontrigger District; Hackberry Mountain), San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leiser Ray Mine (Lester Ray-Goffs Mine; Camp Signal Mine; Vanadium King Mine; California Comstock; Louisiana-California Co.; Vanadium Gold Co.), Signal Hill, Piute Range [N], Signal District (Vontrigger District; Hackberry Mountain), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°1'40"N
Longitude: 115°2'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.027777777778,-115.03444444444
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledonite
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeGypsumLinarite
MalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTriplite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tangeite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Triplite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)060
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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