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Locality Name:
Black Hill, Big Maria Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 295080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Hill, Big Maria Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Anna Bell Mine
Big Maria Mountains Limestone Deposit Mine (California Limestone Products; Pfizer)
Fiery Shamrock Occurrence
Iron Cap Claims
La Escondida Mine (La Es Condida)
Langdon Claim
Lindy Loop Deposit (Lindy Loop No. 1)
Lion's Den Copper Claim (Little Mountain Claims)
Maria Wash Placer
Marie Peak Limestone Deposit
Neal Group
Oro Plomo Occurrence (Oro Plumo)
Pelon Prospect
Polly-Glacierstone Claims
Schellenger Mine (Streamliner Nos. 1 & 2)
Snowstone Claims (Snow Stone Deposit)
Sunray Occurrence
Unnamed Ag Prospect [2]
Unnamed Pb Prospect [1]
Widow's Peak Occurrence

Latitude: 33°49'52"N
Longitude: 114°39'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.831111111111,-114.66
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelTalcVesuvianiteWollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23168778,168782,1687863419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211687865509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116877927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22168778,16878627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4168778,168780,168782,1687863531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4168778,168780,168782,1687868173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116877824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu116877830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32168782,16878614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43168778,168782,16878614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24168778,168780,168782,16878612537
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1168786260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22168778,16878239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116879361156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211687823337
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011687781395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33168779,168792,1687941247


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