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Locality Name:
Sorrell Peak, Piute Mountain District (Mount Sinai District), Piute Mts, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 270899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sorrell Peak, Piute Mountain District (Mount Sinai District), Piute Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Chief Group [1]
Dearborn Mine
Donlevy Mine (Orrell Group)
Esperanza Mine
Garanger Prospect
Grubstake Lode Prospect
Henry Ford Prospect (Henry Ford Mine)
Locarno And Gwynne Mine (Locarno Mine; Gwynne Mine; Locarno-Simon Group)
Mace Mine (Mace Prospect; Hugh Mann Prospect)
Mace Prospect (Hugh Mann Prospect)
Mary Ellen Prospect
New Deal Occurrence
Saint John Mine
Shafer & Whitney View Group Of Mines
Shellenberger Mine
Sierra Vista Prospect (Sierra Vista Mine)
St. John Mine
Sunshine Claim [3] (Old Chilson)

Latitude: 35°24'12"N
Longitude: 118°17'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.403333333333,-118.29944444444

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: Au Ca Fe O Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteStibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116003124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10160016,160017,160021,160022,160023,160025,160028,160029,160030,16003130554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211600225674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116002239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23160017,160022,16003161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3160017,160022,1600264894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311600313418



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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