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Locality Name:
Shadow Mountain, Shadow Mts [1], San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shadow Mountain, Shadow Mts [1], San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Dan Henrie Mine (Dan Henry Mine)
Glory Mine (Foster Mine)
Henry Mine (Pactolus)
Hungry Jack Prospect
Shadow Mountain Group (Gold Hill Claim Group; Glory Claim Group; Yucca Lilly Claim Group; Foster Mines; Grey Copper Mine; Balboa Claim Group)
Silver Giant Mine
Unnamed Au Prospect [172]
Unnamed Au Prospect [68]
Unnamed Au-Pb-Ag Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Pb-Ag Prospect [2]
Unnamed Baryte Prospect [14]
Unnamed Pb-Zn Prospect [5]

Latitude: 35°33'45"N
Longitude: 115°47'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.5625,-115.79972222222

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: Au Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11736882734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211736885509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)117369511547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11736884979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2117368527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2173688,17368924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu117368430554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117368512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2117368539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22173684,17368961156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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