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Locality Name:
Old Woman District, Old Woman Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Woman District, Old Woman Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carbonate Peak
Mercury Mountain
Old Woman Statue
Sheep Camp Spring

Latitude: 34°31'32"N
Longitude: 115°10'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.525555555556,-115.17527777778
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 Au Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteIronMalachiteNonePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Iron  (*)
Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2172510,1725172793
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1172517227
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22172515,17251727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2172517,1725521382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3172531,172535,1725362600
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41172561157
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3172511,172520,1725268173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3172510,172517,17253224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4172508,172550,172558,17255930554
Iron  (*)IronFe11725611089
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117251712537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29172508,172510,172515,172517,172521,172536,172550,172558,17255961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)8172511,172512,172513,172519,172520,172526,172527,1725624894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1172561374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS117251021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1172536446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311725363418
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11725611044
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411725171655


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