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Locality Name:
Riverside Mts (Siakariri), Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 294966
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294966.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riverside Mts (Siakariri), Riverside Co., California, USA": 80
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 78

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bendigo District (Riverside Mountain District)

Latitude: 33°59'5"N
Longitude: 114°34'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.984722222222,-114.57944444444
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGypsumMalachiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11697042793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25169711,169722,169725,169737,1697515509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5169703,169712,169716,169722,16973711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116972127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27169702,169705,169710,169711,169721,169722,16972627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7169701,169704,169711,169716,169721,169725,1697443531
Gold  (*)CopperAu9169701,169702,169711,169721,169722,169725,169726,169737,16975130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3169743,169748,1697536890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34169716,169719,169723,16974414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116974414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211169704,169710,169711,169716,169720,169722,169725,169735,169737,169744,16975112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211697055800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116970539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23169703,169725,1697353106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23169734,169735,16977561156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411697021655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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