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Locality Name:
Lompoc, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lompoc, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Acin Quarry
Concepcion
Dibble Pit
Dr. Mosby Lompoc Quarry (Dr. Mosby Lomboc Quarry)
El Jaro Quarry
Gann Quarry
Great Lakes Carbon Corp. Mine
Johns-Manville Quarries Mine (Balaam Mine; Sunnyside Mine)
L. S. Hawley Company Quarry
Las Cruces Quarry (2)
Lind Deposit
Miguelito Canyon Quarry
Palos Colorados Quarry
San Miguelito Canyon Road Diatomite Outcrop
Sanford Quarry
Santa Barbara Channel - La Purisima Area
Southeast Of Lompoc
Surf
Tolbert Pit
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit (3)
Unnamed Diatomite Deposit (4)
Unnamed Diatomite Deposits (6)
Unnamed Diatomite Deposits (7)
Unnamed Diatomite Quarry (11)
Unnamed Limestone Deposits (1)

Latitude: 34°36'3"N
Longitude: 120°26'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.600833333333,-120.44611111111
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 Fe H K O P Pt S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCopperCristobaliteNoneSulphurVivianite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Cristobalite  (*)Gold  (*)Kalinite  (*)Opal  (*)Platinum  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21175888453
Gold  (*)CopperAu117588930554
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O117588754
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11175874,175878,175879,175884,175885,175888,175891,175892,175893,175894,1758952994
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1175889485
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11758872045
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1175873636


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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