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Locality Name:
Rainbow Wells, Marl Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 289674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rainbow Wells, Marl Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
B. O. Prospect
Barts Gold Prospect
Bright Outlook Mine (Owl No. 1 Prospect)
Bright Outlook Mine (Owl No. 1)
Cypress Prospect
Green Acres Prospect
Jackpot Mine
Lucky Lady Prospect
Marl Prospect
Morning Dove No. 1 Prospect
Morning Dove No. 2 Prospect
Oro Y Plata Prospect
Rainbow Prospect [1]
Rainbow Wells Prospect
Russ Prospect
South Padday Prospect
Unnamed Au Prospect [72]
Unnamed Au Prospect [85]
Unnamed Au Prospect [93]
Unnamed REE Pegmatite [1]

Latitude: 35°10'15"N
Longitude: 115°39'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.170833333333,-115.65388888889

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 Ca Fe K O Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CorundumFeldsparNoneScheeliteSpinelZircon

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Scheelite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311722925433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4117229214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11722924924
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2172275,1722764894
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11722925251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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