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


mindat Locality ID: 271118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Government Peak, Rand District (Randsburg District), Rand Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Allstate Prospect
Barbara-Diana Group
Big Gold Mine (Big Gold Mine Deposit; Big Tungsten Mine; West End Mine)
Big Indian Mine (Big Indian Deposit)
Bluebird Group (Capitola)
Bobby Prospect (Old Glory No. 1; Old Glory No. 2)
Buckboard Mine
Bully Boy Prospect
Culbert Manganese Queen Mine (Culbert; Culbert Group; Josephine T.G.; Culbert Brothers Claim; Culbert Brothers Mine)
Elizabeth Prospect
Gold Crown Group (Gold King)
Granton Mine (Alfred Mine)
Gunderson Mine (Gunderson Group; King George; Minnesota)
Holly Rand Mine
Jasper Prospect (Gimlet Prospect)
La Crosse Mine (La Cross Mine)
Lucky Boy Mine
Martha Prospect (Eclipse)
Merced Mine
Minnehaha Mine (Minnehaha/Rustler/San Diego Mine; San Diego Mine; Rustler Mine)
Nancy Hanks Mine
New Deal Mine
Noble Prospect
Pearl Wedge Mine (Victory Wedge)
Pestle Group
Rainbow Prospect
Red Bird Mine
Rose M. Claim
Royal Bohee Group (Royal Bohn)
Santa Ana Mine (Santa Ana Group; Napoleon Consolidated Mine; Yucca Tree Claim; Santa Ana Claim; Napoleon Claim)
Sunshine Mine (Sunshine Vein)
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [13]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [14]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [5]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [6]
Unspecified Mariposite Occurrence [1]
Winnie Mine (Moren Sophie; Sophie Moren)

Latitude: 35°20'48"N
Longitude: 117°40'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.346666666667,-117.67277777778
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 Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayCopperFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneOlivineQuartzRhodonite
ScheeliteStilpnomelane

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2160138,1601538803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21160126718
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2216012657
Gold  (*)CopperAu10160125,160138,160139,160142,160144,160146,160148,160152,160153,16015930554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116015817380
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31160126147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23160127,160138,16015161156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2160126,160131969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4160124,160127,160136,1601514894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311601311214
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1160126456
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1160126240


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