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Locality Name:
One Hole Spring, Bighorn Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 273132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "One Hole Spring, Bighorn Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Alaska Prospect
Big Bucks Nos. 1-3 Prospect
Black Rattler No. 3 Prospect
Black Rattler Nos. 1 And 2 Prospect
Blackrock Prospect [2]
Gold Basin No. 2 & Wheeler Springs Prospect
Martin Prospects
Neptune Prospect
Old Woman No. 9 Prospect
Red Boulder No. 1 Prospect (Unnamed REE-U-Th Occurrence [1])
The Lords No. 2 Prospect
Unnamed Ag Prospect [23]
Unnamed Ag Prospect [25]
Unnamed Ag-Au Prospect [12]
Unnamed Ag-Au Prospect [3]
Unnamed Ag-Au Prospect [6]
Unnamed Ag-Au-W Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [78]
Unnamed Cu-Au-Ag Prospect [3]
Unnamed U Prospect [12]
Unnamed U Prospect [17]
Unnamed U Prospect [38]
Unnamed U Prospect [8]
Weaner No. 1 Prospect
Weaner No. 14 Prospect

Latitude: 34°18'28"N
Longitude: 116°37'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.307777777778,-116.62611111111

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 Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBranneriteClayColumbiteFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutile
SpinelZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11707318803
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61170731248
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811707311008
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61170731414
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4117073114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11707314924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117073117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2170728,1707312349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211707312273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117073161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211707315614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511707311516
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11707315251



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