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Locality Name:
Wofford Heights, Cove District, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 270833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wofford Heights, Cove District, Kern Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Big Blue Group (North Extension Sumner; Jeff Davis; Bull Run; Beauregard; Urbana; Frank; Content; Big Blue-Sumner; Glue Gouge)
Buck Occurrence
Dead River Channel Prospect
El Diablo Mine (Tungsten Queen; Trojan; Jackpot; Pappy)
Kern Mines
Laurel Group Of Mines (Perth Amboy No. 1; 2 & 3 Claims; Marbel No. 1; 2 & 3 Claims)
Minnie E. Claim (Minnie Claim; Minnie E. Group)
Play Boy (Playboy)
Trojan Mine

Latitude: 35°42'13"N
Longitude: 118°26'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.703611111111,-118.44277777778
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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311593371935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22159337,15934527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11593438173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS115933724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7159337,159338,159339,159340,159342,159345,15934630554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211593375674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211593375800
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811593379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115934361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2159341,1593434894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2159337,15934521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311593373418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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