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Locality Name:
Iron Spring Mountain, Cooper Canyon District, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 294937
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294937.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Spring Mountain, Cooper Canyon District, Riverside Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blue Chihuahua Mine (Blue Dog)
Lucky Strike Mine [2]
Sycamore Mines

Latitude: 33°26'0"N
Longitude: 116°40'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.433333333333,-116.67611111111
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayFeldsparGadoliniteMicaNoneQuartzRutileTopazTourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11690338803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811690334286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211690335171
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1169033520
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)1169033119
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11690334924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116903317380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116903361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11690332705
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211690331476


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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