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Locality Name:
Amboy Area, Bristol Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 276179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amboy Area, Bristol Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
New Method Mine (Hope Uranium Prospect; Hope Mine; Hoping No. 1)
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed U Occurrence

Latitude: 34°36'27"N
Longitude: 115°40'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.6075,-115.67138888889
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: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBruciteCalciteClayFluoriteHumiteMicaNoneOlivinePyroxene
QuartzSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Quartz  (*)
Saponite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41170777708
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O117077767
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21170777462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117077727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11707791184
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21170777236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611707774135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211707779895
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3117077752
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22170777,1707789617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11707771188
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4117077714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117077717380
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1170777144
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117077761156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1170777301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1170777241
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O117077756
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211707772562
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1170777890


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