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Locality Name:
Black Meadow Landing, Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 292615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Meadow Landing, Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Blue Heaven Extension Prospect
Blue Heaven Group (Black Metal Mine)
Bonus Group
Orchard Deposits (Dunbar Property)
Peacock Copper Claims
SE Bonus Group
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [36]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [55]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Prospect [4]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [11]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [15]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [20]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [24]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [27]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [6]
Unnamed Baryte Prospect [8]

Latitude: 34°19'50"N
Longitude: 114°14'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.330555555556,-114.23416666667

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: Ag Al Ba C Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteBrauniteCalciteCorundumNoneQuartzRocksaltRutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Manganite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4174098,174101,174102,17411311547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1174101483
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11740991382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4174098,174099,174100,1741023531
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33174098,174100,17410214640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11741011487
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1174101770
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23174098,174100,17410161156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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