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Locality Name:
Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District), Kern Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 40005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosamond, Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District), Kern Co., California, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Desert Rock Milling Company Quarries [3]
Desert Rock Milling Company Quarry [1]
Hidecker Rock Company Mill & Quarries
Middle Butte
Mojave Rock Products Mine [2]
Paramount Pacific Deposits
Pious Quarry
Riley Clay Deposit
Rosamond Dry Lake Meteorite
Rosamond Hills
Tropico Hill
Unnamed Au Prospect [22]
Unnamed Au Prospect [24]
Unnamed Opal Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [4] (Broken Stone No. 2)
Willow Springs Butte

Latitude: 34°53'12"N
Longitude: 118°11'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.886666666667,-118.18361111111
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteIronKaoliniteMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaNoneOlivine
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Corderoite  (*)Covellite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2159885,1598872793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)64159885,159886,159887,159891966
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6115988758
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2159885,1598879052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O5159882,159891,159905,159906,1599261272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115988527770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11599081184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11598875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22159885,15988727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2159885,1598871382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11598873531
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2115988716
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11598874165
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11599011188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2159885,15988724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11159885,159886,159887,159889,159891,159894,159895,159896,159913,159915,15992730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32159885,15988714640
Iron  (*)IronFe11599011089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611598872228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44159885,159886,159887,1598915591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22159885,1598875674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2159905,159907388
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22159885,15988717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11599212994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61159887477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32159885,159887733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22159885,15988739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24159885,159887,159903,15992761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11598834894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11598871153
Silver  (*)CopperAg11598875186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS115988721482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1159887332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311598871803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311598875317
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1159907890
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O115989873


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