Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goler Heights, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 270855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goler Heights, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Beehive Prospect (Hoover Mine)
Chamberlain Group (Saddle Ammended Claim; New Dawn)
Demand Note Prospect
Edith E Mine
Fine Gold Group
Gold Nugget Claim (Livingstion Claim)
Goler Canyon Placers
Goler Mine
Honey Bee Prospect
Jewell Group (Chief Assistant; Eagle Roost; Stardust; Cunninghham Group)
Judy Ann Prospect
Jumbo Group Of Mines (Jumbo No. 1 Claim; Jumbo No. 2 Claim; Jumbo No. 3 Claim)
Lady K. Placer
Mingus Deposit
Montgomery Claims
Naomi Prospect
Putnam Group (Sparkplug)
Rainbow Ridge
Rand Placers
Sparkplug Placer Mine (Putnam Group)
Unnamed Au Prospect [20] (Unnamed Shaft Prospect)
Unnamed Ba Mine [1]
Unnamed Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Pb Prospect [2] (El Paso Mountain Lead Prospect)

Latitude: 35°26'32"N
Longitude: 117°44'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.442222222222,-117.745

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ba Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	159442	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	159428	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	159422,159424,159426,159427,159430,159432,159437,159439,159440	30554
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	159434	1508
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	159438	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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