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Locality Name:
Columbia Mountain, Kelso District, Providence Mts (Sierra De Santa Coleta; Timpisagwagatsitci), San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbia Mountain, Kelso District, Providence Mts (Sierra De Santa Coleta; Timpisagwagatsitci), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 105
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 105

Number of Child Localities: 105
Child Localities:
Apex Prospect
Blue Jay No. 1 Prospect
Buena Vista Group
Clamento No. 3 Prospect
Columbia Mine (Columbia And Francis Mine; Macedonia Mine; Castor-Pollux Mine)
Columbia Mine (Unnamed Prospect)
Confidence Mine (Blue Rock Nos. 1-6 Mine)
Confidence Mine (Confidence Copper Mine; Blue Rock Nos. 1-6 Mine)
Decorative Stone Quarry [4]
Del No. 2 Prospect - North Extension
Del No. 2 Prospect - South Extension
Denib Mine
Dixie No. 2 Prospect
Doodle Bug-Wildcar-Wildhorse Prospect Placer
Double H Nos. 1 And 2 Mine (Frisco No. 5 Mine)
Fanny No. 2 Prospect
Firefly-White Eagle-Star Prospects
Francis Mine (Cuyamaca Lode; Cuyamaca Mill Site; Fanny #1-3; Monte Video; Western Star; Woods; Amos; Ramona)
Fremont-Easy Street Prospect
Frisco No. 1 Prospect (Frisco Group)
Frisco No. 3 Mine (Silver Bell; Hornsilver)
Globe Mine
Hoot Owl Prospect
Jan No. 2 Prospect
Mexican Spring I Prospect
Mexican Spring II Prospect
Monte Video Prospect
Okaw Mine
Oro Platta Prospect (Orro Platta; Gold Quartz No. 9)
Pat Claims (Pat Group)
Peso Plata No. 1 Prospect
Providence Mine (Grey Hound)
Quaker Group
Red Silver Prospect
Rex Nos. 1 And 2 Prospect
Sadr Prospect
Santa Anita-Beecher Canyon Prospect
Silver Buddy Mine
Silver Buddy Prospect - South
Silver Fox Shaft (Regulus-Vega-Spica Prospect)
SS No. 17 Prospect - South
SS No. 18 Prospect - South
SS No. 28 Prospect - North
SS No. 29 Prospect - North
SS No. 36 Prospect
SS No. 38 Prospect
SS No. 7 Prospect
SS Nos. 17-19 Prospect - North
SS Nos. 51; 52; 60; 61 Prospects
SS Nos. 63 And 64 Prospects
Star Mine (SS Nos. 20-22; 27-29 Mine - South)
Summit Spring Claim Group
Terry Placer Prospect
Tramway Prospect
Triple 10 Nos. 1-3 Prospect
Unnamed Ag Prospect [28]
Unnamed Ag Prospect [31]
Unnamed Ag Prospect [32]
Unnamed Ag Prospect [34]
Unnamed Ag-Au-Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Ag-Cu Prospect [6]
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Mo Prospect [1]
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Ag-Zn-Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au Prospect [139]
Unnamed Au Prospect [140]
Unnamed Au Prospect [141]
Unnamed Au Prospect [145]
Unnamed Au Prospect [157]
Unnamed Au Prospect [162]
Unnamed Au Prospect [164]
Unnamed Au Prospect [171]
Unnamed Au Prospect [179]
Unnamed Au Prospect [193]
Unnamed Au Prospect [39]
Unnamed Au Prospect [44]
Unnamed Au Prospect [78]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [11]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [15]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [22]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [25]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [31]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [32]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [39]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [40]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [44]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [49]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [54]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [59]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [73]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [74]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [80]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [85]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [88]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [99]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Pb Prospect [2]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Pb-Ag Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Cu-W-Sb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect [1]
Unnamed Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect [2]
Unnamed Quartzite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Silica Prospect [7]
Valley View Claim (Unnamed Prospect)
White Rock Prospect [2]

Latitude: 35°3'18"N
Longitude: 115°29'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.055,-115.48944444444
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23172995,172996,17300627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11730061382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS117300624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu117303930554
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2172995,173018469
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11730211487
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23172993,172995,17299639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27172995,172996,173006,173008,173010,173018,17303961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11730064894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2172993,17300621482


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