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Locality Name:
Piute Range [N], Signal District (Vontrigger District; Hackberry Mountain), San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 273677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piute Range [N], Signal District (Vontrigger District; Hackberry Mountain), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Billie Mountain
Signal Hill

Latitude: 35°1'48"N
Longitude: 115°2'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.03,-115.03666666667

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledonite
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeGypsumLinarite
MalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTriplite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tangeite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Triplite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11738102793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11738102734
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611738101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117381027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61173810359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11738104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117381027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11738101382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11738103531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11738104165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1173810378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS117381024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11738107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu117381030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11738106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3117381014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2173810,173812469
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611738102228
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21173810265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21173810987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117381012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11738101107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1173810362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117381017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117381039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11738101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22173810,17381161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11738105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS117381021482
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)117381060
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311738105317
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F1173810233
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1173810605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411738101655



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