Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vontrigger Hills, Signal District (Vontrigger District; Hackberry Mountain), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 273674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vontrigger Hills, Signal District (Vontrigger District; Hackberry Mountain), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
American Flag Mine
Scando Mine (Hercules)
Unnamed Au-Cu Mine [23] (Unnamed Prospect; Gold-Copper Occurrence)
Unnamed Au-Cu Occurrence [36]
Vontrigger Mine (California Mine; Runover Mine; California Gold And Copper Company; Consolidated; Von Trigger Mine; Vontrigor Mine; Dutch Oven Mine; Goodwin Vein; Medberry Vein)

Latitude: 35°4'33"N
Longitude: 115°6'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.075833333333,-115.10972222222

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.

Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 C Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	173823	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	173823	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	173823	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	173823	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	173819,173820,173821	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	173823	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	173819,173820,173821,173822	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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