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


mindat Locality ID: 295088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Point, Big Maria Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Big Maria Claims (Big Maria 1-16 Claims)
Black Reef Occurrence
Black Warrior Occurrence
Crescent Deposit
Maria Mountains Marl Mine
Palo Verde Dam Quarries
Palomsa Prospects
Regina Occurrence
Royal Occurrence
Silver Shilist Occurrence
Unnamed Ag Prospect [1]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Prospect [2]
Valley View Prospect
White Chief Occurrence

Latitude: 33°44'51"N
Longitude: 114°33'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.7475,-114.56055555556
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Th W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Celadonite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21168800309
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2168801,1688123531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611688064135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4168803,168806,168807,1688138173
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411688011507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4116880614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22168806,16881212537
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211688002273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24168803,168806,168807,16881239462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11688034894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2168807,1688126417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116880621482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11688001006
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011688131395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311688031247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42168806,1688131655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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