Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District), Kern Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mojave, Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District), Kern Co., California, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Broken Stone No. 4 (Broken Stone #4)
California Portland Cement Company Mine (Creal Plant And Deposits)
Emerald Queen Prospect
Hansen DG Pit
Soledad Mountain (Butte Mountain)
Standard Hill
Tehachapi Clay Mine
Unnamed Clay Deposit [2] (Clay Deposit No. 2)
Unnamed Stone Pit [6] (Decomposed Granite Pit)
Unnamed Stone Quarry [5] (Broken Stone No. 1)
Unnamed U Occurrence [2]

Latitude: 35°4'41"N
Longitude: 118°12'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.078055555556,-118.20611111111

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Bournonite	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stibnite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Bournonite Calcite Copper Gypsum Halotrichite Marcasite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	159831,159839,159848,159851	2793
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	159864	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	159831	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	159864,159867	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	159864	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	159831	1382
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	159837,159839,159842,159843,159845,159851,159853,159861,159865,159867,159868,159870	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	159872	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	159843	409
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	159845	1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	159831	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	159848	915
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	159842	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	159852,159867,159868	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	159831,159852,159867,159868	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	159843,159851	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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