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Locality Name:
Sidney Peak, Rand District (Randsburg District), Rand Mts, Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 271116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sidney Peak, Rand District (Randsburg District), Rand Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 46
Child Localities:
Arizona Mine
Banded Rock Deposit
Barnett Group
Blake Stone Quarry (Blake Stone Pit)
Desert View Prospect
Double Thirteen Mine (Sidewinder; Victory)
Hawk Prospect (Sunset)
Johannesburg Quarry-Sanford Site
Lily Prospect
Manganese Queen Mine (BHP Mine; B.H.P. Mine)
Midlothian Mine (Medlothian Mine)
Rosco Prospect
Serpentine Prospect
Sidney Mine (White Mine)
Silverton Prospect
South Rand Prospect
Tommy Knocker Prospect
Tungsten Mountain Mine (Royal Bohee Group; Royal Bohn)
Unnamed Au Mine [18]
Unnamed Au Mine [19]
Unnamed Au Mine [25]
Unnamed Au Mine [26]
Unnamed Au Mine [6]
Unnamed Au Mine [7]
Unnamed Au Mine [8]
Unnamed Au Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au Prospect [11]
Unnamed Au Prospect [12]
Unnamed Au Prospect [15]
Unnamed Au Prospect [16]
Unnamed Au Prospect [17]
Unnamed Au Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au Prospect [23]
Unnamed Au Prospect [3]
Unnamed Au Prospect [4]
Unnamed Au Prospect [5]
Unnamed Au Prospect [9]
Unnamed Au Prospects [14]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [10]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [12]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [3]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [4]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [7]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [8]

Latitude: 35°19'24"N
Longitude: 117°42'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.323333333333,-117.715
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 C Ca H Mg Mn O Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCopperGarnetNoneOlivineQuartzRhodoniteScheeliteTalc

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Talc  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Gold  (*)CopperAu3160251,160253,16025530554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23160244,160247,16025561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11602471711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2160247,160248969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3160244,160246,1602554894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32160247,1602481214
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24160242,160249,160250,1602543337
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1160247240


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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