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Locality Name:
Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 55918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Anita Mine (MS 6859)
Colton Claim
Dawson Prospect
El Molino Mine (El Molino Pegmatite; MS 5391)
Fargo Mine (MS 5391)
Hiriart Mine (MS 5391)
K. C. Naylor Mine (MS 5391; Naylor Mine)
Katerina Mine (Ashley Mine; Caterina Mine; Catherin Mine; Catherina Mine; Katrina Mine)
San Pedro Mine (Pedro Mine)
Sempe Mine (Sempa Mine; Senpa Mine; Senpe Mine)
Vanderberg Mine (MS 5391; Naylor Rock; Naylor-Vanderburg Mine; Sickler Group; Vandenburg Mine; Vanderburg Mine)
White Queen Mine (Queen Mine; White Queen Prospect)

Latitude: 33°22'30"N
Longitude: 117°2'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.375,-117.03777777778

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Fe Li Mn O P Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylBismutiteCancrinite-sodaliteChloriteClayColumbiteFeldsparGarnetIron
LöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyroxeneQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSodaliteStibniteTopazTourmalineTripliteVivianite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Foitite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hambergite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Iron  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namibite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Petalite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pucherite  (*)
Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11174900,174906,174909,174910,174912,174914,174916,174917,174924,174926,1749278803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32174918,1749272353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F2174914,174927244
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21174916606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1810174900,174906,174909,174912,174914,174917,174918,174922,174924,1749274286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2117492796
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311749061935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1174906716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411749175516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11749065707
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)117492736
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62174916,174926518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61174927289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)82174916,174926181
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3174909,174924,174927520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11749142740
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2174924,17492775
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)117491781
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S1174914237
Iron  (*)IronFe11749251089
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)3174914,174917,174927155
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O117491766
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)9174900,174906,174909,174910,174912,174914,174917,174924,1749274924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211749175800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)1174927200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210174906,174909,174910,174912,174914,174916,174917,174924,174926,17492717380
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)117492724
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4174906,174909,174914,1749272349
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O101174900124
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)2174916,174926326
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41174914369
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)3174914,174916,17492653
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215174900,174905,174906,174908,174909,174910,174912,174914,174916,174917,174918,174922,174924,174926,17492761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)6174909,174910,174914,174917,174924,1749272705
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)117492466
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311749271214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O67174900,174909,174912,174914,174917,174924,174927688
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO42174914,17492453
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O64174914,174916,174917,174926211
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1174927433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22174916,1749261476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F2174916,174926233
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2174916,174926636



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050487White Queen Mine (Queen Mine; White Queen Prospect), Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050487
X050117White Queen Mine (Queen Mine; White Queen Prospect), Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/X050117


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