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Locality Name:
Ord Mountain Mine (Ord Mountain Mine System; Ord Mine; Ord Mountain Deposits; Osborn; Rio Vista Claim; Brilliant Claim; Josephine Claim; Belgium Claim; Copper Junction Claim), Ord Mountain, Ord Mts, Ord District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 89177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-89177.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ord Mountain Mine (Ord Mountain Mine System; Ord Mine; Ord Mountain Deposits; Osborn; Rio Vista Claim; Brilliant Claim; Josephine Claim; Belgium Claim; Copper Junction Claim), Ord Mountain, Ord Mts, Ord District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Brilliant Claim (Brilliant Mine; Brilliant Ledge)
Central Tunnel
England Claim
Josephine Mine (Josephine Ledge; Josephine Claim)

Latitude: 34°41'43"N
Longitude: 116°49'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.695277777778,-116.82722222222
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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
ConnelliteCopperCyanotrichiteDescloiziteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumHeulanditeMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzScheeliteSpangoliteTetrahedriteTitanite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Connellite  (*)Creedite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heulandite-Sr  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31172692544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23172689,172691,1726925509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3172689,172691,17269211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411726905516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611726911633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117269127770
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2117268994
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11726905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23172689,172690,17269127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2172689,1726913531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1172691295
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O117269148
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21172691179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1172692378
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11726928173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23172689,172691,1726929617
Gold  (*)CopperAu117269230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11726926890
Heulandite-Sr  (*)Heulandite(Sr,Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72·24H2O11726929
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611726912228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23172689,172691,17269212537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1172692362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl117269271
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23172689,172690,17269161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O1172691105
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11726924899


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