Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castle Dome, Gold Reef District, Clipper Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 273515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Dome, Gold Reef District, Clipper Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Bonanza Spring Gold Mine (Unnamed Prospect)
Bonanza Spring Gold Prospect (Unnamed Prospect)
Clipper Mountains Iron Deposit (Unnamed Iron Deposit)
Clipper Mountains Mine
Dutch Oven Mine
Ferberite Prospect
Gold Hammer Mine (Goldhammer)
Gold Reef Group (Tom Reed Mine; Clipper Mountain Mine; Clipper Mtn.; Gold Reef Mine)
Unknown Au Prospect [284]
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Au Prospect [2]
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Au-Pb Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au Mine [236]
Unnamed Au Prospect [120]
Unnamed Au Prospect [256] (Unnamed Prospect; Gold Prospect)
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Mine [9]
Unnamed Au-Cu Prospect [6]
Unnamed Baryte Prospect [11]
Unnamed Ca Prospect [1]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [12]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [55]
Unnamed Cu-Ag Prospect [6]
Unnamed Fe Occurrence [11] (Section 24 Iron)
Unnamed Fe Prospect [4]
Unnamed Pb Prospect [7]
Unnamed Pumice Prospect [7]
Unnamed U Occurrence [4]

Latitude: 34°44'17"N
Longitude: 115°23'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.738055555556,-115.38583333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Baryte	Copper	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel

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 Ba Ca Fe O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Copper None Quartz Scheelite Spinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	171347	11547
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	171331,171335,171337,171338	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	171333,171352	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	171331,171332,171335,171337,171342,171344,171345	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	171334	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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