Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 29088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District), Kern Co., California, USA": 104
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 88

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mojave
Morning Star Mine (Lodestar Mine)
Rosamond
Sanborn

Latitude: 34°59'27"N
Longitude: 118°9'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.990833333333,-118.16416666667

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Corderoite ()*
Covellite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Wairakite ()*

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 Hg K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Gypsum Halotrichite Iron Kaolinite Marcasite
Melanterite Meta-autunite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

46 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	6	159831,159839,159848,159851,159885,159887	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	159885,159886,159887,159891	966
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	159887	58
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	159885,159887	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	5	159882,159891,159905,159906,159926	1272
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	159864	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	159831	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	159864,159867,159885	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	159908	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	159864	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	159887	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	159885,159887	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	4	159831,159876,159885,159887	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	159887	3531
Corderoite ()*	None	Hg₃S₂Cl₂	1	159887	16
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	159887	4165
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	159901	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	159885,159887	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	24	159837,159839,159842,159843,159845,159851,159853,159861,159865,159867,159868,159870,159885,159886,159887,159889,159891,159894,159895,159896,159913,159915,159927,159929	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	159872	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	159843	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	159885,159887	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	159845	1689
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	159901	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	159887	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	159885,159886,159887,159891	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	159831,159885,159887	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	159848	915
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	159905,159907	388
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	159885,159887	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	159921	2994
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	159887	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	3	159842,159885,159887	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	159852,159867,159868,159885,159887	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	159831,159852,159867,159868,159885,159887,159903,159927,159929	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	159883	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	159887	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	159887	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	159887	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	159843,159851	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	159887	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	159887	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	159887	5317
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	159907	890
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	159898	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...