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Kernville, Kern Co., California, USA

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 Map Reference: 35°45'15"N , 118°25'30"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Powellite
    Ca[MoO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: Locally abundant in a tactite zone.
    Reference: [Engel, René Laurent Henri (1962), Granitization and contact metamorphism in the Kern River Basin, California (abstract): Geological Society of America Special Paper 68: 24; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 294, 330.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
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    Kernville, Kern Co., California, USA
    © 2003 John H. Betts


    5 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
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    • California
      • Kern Co.
        • Kernville

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