Chemehuevi Mountains, San Bernardino Co., California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Chemehuevi Mountains | Mountain Range |
| San Bernardino Co. | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 37' 30'' North , 114° 31' 30'' West
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A horseshoe-shaped mountain range located 12 miles SE of Needles, in the Mojave Desert, in the eastern extreme of San Bernardino County, with the open side of the horseshoe facing the Colorado River.
These mountains are granitic in nature.
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| β Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Reference: Cloudman, H.C., F.J.H. Merrill & E. Huguenin (1919), San Bernardino County: California Mining Bureau. Report 15: 785; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 94. |
| β Franklinite Formula: Zn2+Fe3+2O4 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
| β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Reference: Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1943b), Mineral resources of San Bernardino County: California Division Mines Report 39: 432; Wright, L.A., et al (1953), Mines and mineral resources of San Bernardino County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 49(1-2): 68; Hewett, Donnel Foster (1956) Geology and mineral resources of the Ivanpah quadrangle, California and Nevada, USGS Professional Paper 275, 172 pp.: 142; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 227. |
| β Zincite Formula: ZnO Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Franklinite | 4.BB.05 | Zn2+Fe3+2O4 |
| β | Zincite | 4.AB.20 | ZnO |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | β Franklinite | Zn2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | β Zincite | ZnO |
| O | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Franklinite | Zn2+Fe23+O4 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | β Franklinite | Zn2+Fe23+O4 |
| Zn | β Zincite | ZnO |
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- San Bernardino Co.
- Chemehuevi Mountains
- San Bernardino Co.
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- San Bernardino Co.
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