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Locality Name:
Belleville District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 273212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belleville District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 61
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Daggett Ridge
Rattlesnake Mountain (Rattlesnake Peak)
Rodman Mts

Latitude: 34°36'46"N
Longitude: 116°55'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.612777777778,-116.92333333333

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumEpidoteLazuliteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzSpinelTalcWagnerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Colemanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211707073419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23170690,170694,1707045509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2170704,17070811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411706905516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63170685,170704,1707051633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117066127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11706611252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11707045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22170690,17069427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11706853531
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O1170661144
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611707024135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211707079895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11707048173
Gold  (*)CopperAu4170666,170671,170693,17071330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35170702,170711,170715,170716,17071814640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611707132228
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)21170715232
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11707021487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44170702,170711,170714,17071814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23170690,170694,17070412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117071517380
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1170709260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117069439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26170661,170666,170667,170683,170690,17071561156
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1170661589
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211707153337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211707152562
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F117071561



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