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Locality Name:
Chuckwalla District (Pacific Mining District), Chuckwalla Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 294986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chuckwalla District (Pacific Mining District), Chuckwalla Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 139
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 135

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aztec Well
Black Butte
Chuckwalla Spring
Pilot Mountain
Sunnyside Prospect

Latitude: 33°35'2"N
Longitude: 115°22'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.583888888889,-115.38222222222
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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2168984,1689851272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22168991,1689925509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)6168895,168959,168962,168965,168976,1689934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22168894,16890027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5168910,168987,168988,168991,1689933531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1168993363
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11689932970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11689648173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211689939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6168894,168895,168901,168962,168965,16897624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13168894,168899,168900,168901,168910,168959,168962,168976,168977,168987,168988,168991,16899330554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411689125591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)29168894,168900,168910,168976,168987,168988,168991,168992,16899312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11689931107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27168894,168895,168900,168910,168988,168991,16899339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24168893,168964,168981,16899361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4168895,168964,168965,1689934894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11689006417
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO44168895,168959,168965,1689931655


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