Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Williams Well, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Williams Well, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Arrastre Mine
Azurite Prospect (Blue Bonnet)
Blue Jay Claims (Blue Jay Claim; Blue Jay No. 2 Claim)
Chut Turquoise Mine
Desert Driftwood Prospect
Lane Mountain Area Limestone
Moonlight Mine (Scheelite Queen Mine; Moonlight & Tungsten King Deposits; Tungsten King Mine)
Rusty Nail Occurrence
Trade Rat Occurrence
Unnamed Ag-Au Prospect [11]
Unnamed Au Mine [239]
Unnamed Au Mine [245]
Unnamed Au Mine [246]
Unnamed Au Prospect [105]
Unnamed Au Prospect [123]
Unnamed Au Prospect [201]
Unnamed Au Prospect [208]
Unnamed Au Prospect [36] (Southern Pacific Company Property)
Unnamed Au Prospects [28] (Southern Pacific Company Property)
Unnamed Au-Ag-W-Cu Mine [1]
Unnamed Au-Cu Mine [17]
Unnamed Au-Cu Mine [25]
Unnamed Au-Cu Prospect [11]
Unnamed Au-Cu Prospect [4]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [16]
Unnamed Perlite Quarry [1]
Unnamed W Prospect [12]
Wells Hill Prospect
Williams Well Placers

Latitude: 35°9'15"N
Longitude: 116°57'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.154166666667,-116.95277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Wollastonite

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: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Wollastonite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	174249	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	174262	3531
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	174241,174251,174252,174253,174256	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	174249	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	174241,174247,174251,174252,174253,174260,174262	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	174247	4894
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	174248	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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