Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bell Mountain, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bell Mountain, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Roosevelt Mine (Happy Day)
Section 29 Prospect (Unnamed Prospect)
Turtle Mountain
Unnamed Clay Prospect [11]

Latitude: 34°39'20"N
Longitude: 117°11'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.655555555556,-117.19138888889

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.

Clay	Copper	None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz

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 F H Li O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper None Pyrophyllite Quartz

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Amblygonite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	170647	244
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	170648,170649,170650	30554
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	170656	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	170647,170648,170649,170650,170655	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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