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Locality Name:
Fountain Peak, Trojan District (Providence District), Providence Mts (Sierra De Santa Coleta; Timpisagwagatsitci), San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fountain Peak, Trojan District (Providence District), Providence Mts (Sierra De Santa Coleta; Timpisagwagatsitci), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Adams-Anna Ore Prospect
Bonanza King Mine
Bonanza Nos. 1-8 Prospect
Burro Nos. 54 And 55 Prospect
Copper King-Queen Of The Night Prospect
Iron Mountain Prospect
Lead Capping Mine (McGilroy; Bell Gilroy; C&K Mine; Fenner Smelting Company; Belle McGilroy)
Lone Tree Prospect
Mitchell Mine
Mitchell Prospect (Mexican Mine)
Rector Not Prospect
Sunrise Prospect
Texas Prospect
Tip Top Prospect
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Prospect [3]
Unnamed Fe Prospect [6]
Vulcan Mine (Burro Prospect)
Vulcan Mine Dolomite Occurrence

Latitude: 34°55'48"N
Longitude: 115°33'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.93,-115.55

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 Br C Ca Cl Fe Mg O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteCorundumNoneRocksaltSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Bromargyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1173130227
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11731374979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11731301382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211731469895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2173130,17313724243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3117314514640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11731461487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4117314514899



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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