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Locality Name:
California Rand No. 2 Mine (California Rand Silver Mine; California Rand Mine; Kelly Mine; Kelly Rand Mine), Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), Rand District (Randsburg District), San Bernardino Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "California Rand No. 2 Mine (California Rand Silver Mine; California Rand Mine; Kelly Mine; Kelly Rand Mine), Red Mountain [town] (Osdick), Rand District (Randsburg District), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°21'8"N
Longitude: 117°37'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.352222222222,-117.62361111111
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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCopperHalotrichiteMelanteriteNoneQuartzRocksaltTetrahedriteXanthoconite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186


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