Kingston Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 35° 47' 3'' North , 115° 54' 4'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 35.78417,-115.90111 |
| Köppen climate type: | BWk : Cold desert climate |
Death Valley National Park,
Mineral List
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Regional Geology
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| Quaternary - Miocene 0 - 23.03 Ma ID: 3185380 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cenozoic (0 - 23.03 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Precambrian 541 - 4000 Ma ID: 2943547 | Precambrian rocks, undivided, unit 1 (Death Valley) Age: Precambrian (541 - 4000 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Beck Spring Dolomite; Crystal Spring Formation; Deep Spring Formation; Johnnie Formation; Kingston Peak Formation; Marvel Dolomitic Limestone; Middle Park Formation; Mountain Girl Quartzite; Noonday Dolomite; Pahrump Group; Panamint Metamorphic Complex; Reed Dolomite; Sourdough Limestone; Stirling Quartzite; Wildrose Formation; World Beater Porphyry; Wyman Formation Description: Conglomerate, shale, sandstone, limestone, dolomite, marble, gneiss, hornfels, and quartzite; may be Paleozoic in part Comments: Death Valley region. Primarily sandstone, shale, dolomite, limestone, and conglomerate of Middle and Late Proterozoic age, but also includes some older Precambrian crystalline rocks. As mapped, includes some rocks of probable Mesozoic age Lithology: Major:{conglomerate,mudstone,sandstone}, Minor:{dolostone,gneiss,marble,limestone,hornfels, quartzite}, Incidental:{siltstone, metavolcanic, amphibolite, chert, granitic} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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Localities in this Region
- California
- San Bernardino Co.
- Kingston Range
- San Bernardino Co.
- California
- San Bernardino Co.
- Kingston Range
- Kingston Range District
- Kingston Peak
- Kingston No. 1 deposit (Kingston No. 1 prospect)
- Pioneer Workings prospect (Pioneer Mine)
- Purple Heart Mine
- Rogers Mine
- Silver Lode and Blackwater Mine (Silver Lode and Black Water; Blackwater Mine)
- Silver Rule Mine (Chambers Mine)
- Smith Mine [1] (Tecopa Mine)
- Snow White Mine
- Unnamed Ankerite occurrence [1]
- Unnamed Au prospect [169]
- Unnamed Cu prospect [40]
- Unnamed Cu prospect [45]
- Unnamed Fe deposits [2]
- Unnamed Fe prospect [7]
- Unnamed Pb-Zn prospect [2]
- Unnamed Talc prospect [2]
- Unnamed Talc prospect [3]
- Vulcan Mine [2]
- Unnamed Apatite occurrence [1]
- Kingston Peak
- Kingston Range District
- Kingston Range
- San Bernardino Co.
Kingston Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA