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Locality Name:
Sunshine Peak, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunshine Peak, Lava Beds District (Newberry District), Lava Bed Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Imperial Lode Mine (Desert Queen Mine; Mammoth Chief Mine; Imperial Lode; Cave Springs Mining Corporation; Meteor Mine)
Mowry Prospect (Gladstone And Halberg; Mowry; Gladstone; Halberg)
Old Domain Mine (Old Dominion Mine; Ortega)
Pat Maloy Mine
Silver Bell Mine
Silver Reef Mine [1] (Silver Cliff Mine; Silver Cliffs Mine)
Sunshine Copper Mine (Tip Top)
Tip Top Mine (Sunshine Copper)
Unnamed Au Prospect [253]
Unnamed Cu Occurrence [4]

Latitude: 34°40'4"N
Longitude: 116°26'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.667777777778,-116.43888888889
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneQuartz
RocksaltScheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11721802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11721802734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117218427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11721804979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1172189925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117218127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11721801382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11721893531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS117218124243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117218912537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117218261156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411721801655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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