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


mindat Locality ID: 294987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilot Mountain, Chuckwalla District (Pacific Mining District), Chuckwalla Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Comanchero Mine (Echo Valley Claim)
Crescent Copper Group [2] (Crescent; Balimonk Mine)
Crescent Mine
Echo Valley Mine
Eureka Group (Sureka Group)
Granite Mine
Hopeful Mine
Longshot Claims
Lost Pony Mine (Desert Center Mine)
Model Mine (Chuckwalla And Model Mine; Chukwalla & Model Group Of Mines)
Red Cloud Mine (Red Cloud Group; Red Head Group; Red Head Patented Claim; Great Western Mine; Great Western Patented Claim; White Wings Patented Claim; Dottie Welborn Patented Claim)
Triangle Mine (Pilot Mine)
Tubbs Claims
Unnamed Ag Prospect [3]
Unnamed Au Prospect [15]
Unnamed Au Prospect [19]
Unnamed Au Prospect [34]
Unnamed Au Prospect [39]
Unnamed Au Prospect [42]
Unnamed Au Prospect [43]
Unnamed Au Prospect [46]
Unnamed Au Prospect [51]
Unnamed Au Prospect [53]
Unnamed Au Prospect [56]
Unnamed Au Prospect [58]
Unnamed Au Prospect [59]
Unnamed Au Prospect [63]
Unnamed Au Prospect [66]
Unnamed Au Prospect [7]
Unnamed Au Prospect [71]
Unnamed Au Prospect [72]
Unnamed Au Prospect [8]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [10]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [12]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [14]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [17]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [18]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [20]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [22]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [23]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [6]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [7]

Latitude: 33°35'17"N
Longitude: 115°26'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.588055555556,-115.44

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: 
AdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteAutuniteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzScheelite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)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)11689934979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4168987,168988,168991,1689933531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1168993363
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11689932970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211689939617
Gold  (*)CopperAu4168987,168988,168991,16899330554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25168987,168988,168991,168992,16899312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11689931107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23168988,168991,16899339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116899361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11689934894
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411689931655



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