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Locality Name:
Pinto Mountain, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 278895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinto Mountain, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 61
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 61

Number of Child Localities: 61
Child Localities:
Anderson Mine (Hope Mine)
Annie Rooney Occurrence
Copper Point Mine
Cow Bell Mine (Joel Mine)
Dalton Mine
Dendrite Deposit
Desert King Mine (Big Cross Claim; Desert King Claim; Desert Mining Mine)
Diane Claim
Duplex Mine (Standard-Duplex Group)
Ethel Mine
Frank Hill Mine (Star Mine)
Gold Crown Mine [1] (Bon Ton Mine; Dale & Darcy)
Gold Rose Mine
Gold Standard Mine [1]
Golden Egg Mine
Golden Rod Mine (Goldenrod Mine)
Great Eastern Occurrence
Groover Mine (Carbonate Lead Mine; Golden Eagle Mine)
Helicross Mine (Halicross Mine)
Hillerman Claim
Katherine No. 2 Placer Claim (Katherine #2 Placer Claim)
Lone Star Occurrence
Los Angeles Mine (Broklyn-Los Angeles Claims)
Louise Mine
Lucky Lady Group
McConkey Claim
McKinley Bill Claim
Meek Mine (Thelma Group; Desert Gold Group)
Mission Mine (Mission Gold Mine; Mission Gold Mines; Huff-Lane Mine; Huff-Lane; Huff And Lane; Lone Star Group)
Moose Mine
North Star Mine (Shavers Well Prospect; Sunset Mine)
Numk Prospect
Oehl Placer Claim
Pinto Chief Mine
Pinto Mine [2] (Pinto Mines)
Pinto Placers
Porcupine Occurrence
Pouch Prospect
Ram Deposit (Ram Mine; Ram Group; Ram Prospect)
Republican Occurrence
Revenue Occurrence
Rose Of Peru Mine
Rusty Gold Mine (Sunset; Summit)
S. S. Mine (S S Mine)
Sinock Mine
South Boston Mine
Standard Mine (Unidentified Workings)
Stella Mine
Storm King No. 5 Prospect (Storm King #5)
Summit Group Of Mines
Sunrise Mine (Sunrise Claim Group; Cortez Claim Group; Zulu Claim Group)
Unnamed Au Prospect [17]
Unnamed Au Prospect [33]
Unnamed Au Prospect [54]
Unnamed Au Prospect [70]
Unnamed Au Prospect [78]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [25]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [26]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Mine [1]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [4]
White Star Claim

Latitude: 33°59'52"N
Longitude: 115°43'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.997777777778,-115.72666666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K N Na O Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFluorite
JohanniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22169593,1696045509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2169604,16963227770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11696141184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11695934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29169578,169579,169584,169590,169598,169599,169604,169632,16963427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O15169578,169579,169582,169584,169586,169587,169590,169591,169598,169604,169607,169609,169617,169632,1696343531
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O116961458
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2169605,1696178173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2169593,16959924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16169579,169580,169582,169584,169587,169590,169591,169598,169599,169603,169604,169605,169606,169607,169609,16961730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O39169578,169579,169584,169590,169604,169605,169606,169632,16963414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62169590,1696062228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O116961469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44169590,169603,169604,16960614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215169576,169578,169579,169580,169582,169584,169586,169590,169591,169593,169598,169604,169617,169632,16963412537
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)116957991
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1169614144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218169579,169580,169582,169584,169586,169587,169590,169591,169598,169603,169604,169605,169607,169609,169617,169632,169633,16963439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27169576,169579,169582,169586,169604,169632,16963461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2169578,1696056417
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211696142718


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