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Lakeview Mountains, Riverside Co., California, USAi
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Lakeview MountainsMountain Range
Riverside Co.County
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 46' 58'' North , 117° 5' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Mindat Locality ID:
266184
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:266184:4
GUID (UUID V4):
5896fb94-5520-4e18-a584-7bab2fa1adb9


A mountain range located SE of Riverside and W of the San Jacinto Valley.

Note: The geographic coordinates presented are taken from the Lakeview topo map (GNIS database preferred). The USGS GNIS database presents 3 sets of coordinates for this range.

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

15 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: Michael Adamowitz
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
Beryl var. Aquamarine
Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18
Description: Some occurs here.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Description: Occurs as large, blade-like plates which make a spectacular showing in the quarry wall.
Reference: Rocks & Minerals (1944): 19: 2; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 105; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 429.
Epistilbite
Formula: CaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
Description: Occurs as flaky, feathery material replacing feldspar.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 177; Seaman (1976), Pegmatite Minerals of the World; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 380.
'Feldspar Group'
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10212895.
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Reference: Alfredo Petrov - field observations.
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: Specimen sold by Oxcart Minerals in 1991.
Hematite var. Specularite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: Specimen sold by Oxcart Minerals in 1991.
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Description: Occurs as small crystals, separate or in clusters, sometimes badly weathered.
Reference: Fisher, Daniel Jerome (1944), Some southern California pegmatites: unpublished manuscript, USGS: 34; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 150.
'Mica Group'
Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10188988.
Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Description: Occurs as graphic granite.
Reference: Wahlstrom, E.E. (1939), Graphic granite: American Mineralogist: 24: 681-698; Rocks & Minerals (1944): 19: 2; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 183.
'Monazite'
Formula: REE(PO4)
Description: Occurs as small crystals in pegmatite.
Reference: Rocks & Minerals: 19: 2; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 695; Dykes, Leland H. (1933) Occurrence of monazite in a granodiorite pegmatite in Riverside County, California. (abstract) Geological Society of America Bulletin 44: 161; Melhase, John (1936a), A new occurrence of rare-earth minerals in California: Mineralogist: 4(1): 11; Patchick, Paul F. (1960), A rare-earth pegmatite near Nuevo, California: Rocks & Minerals: 35: 323-327; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 318.
Monazite-(Ce)
Formula: Ce(PO4)
Reference: Specimen sold by Oxcart Minerals in 1991.
Orthoclase
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Reference: Rocks & Min.: 19:2.
Phosphuranylite
Formula: KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
Description: Bright saturated yellow vitrous films which fluoresce dull-yellow in shortwave similar to phosphuranylite are found with thorogummite.
Reference: Van King
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Asteriated.
Reference: Wahlstrom, E.E. (1939), Graphic granite: American Mineralogist: 24: 694; Rocks & Minerals (1944): 19: 2; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 348.
Quartz var. Rose Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: (Widespread in many California collections, some showing asterism when appropriately cut.)
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: (Widespread in many California collections, some showing asterism when appropriately cut.)
Quartz var. Star Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Samarskite-(Y)
Formula: YFe3+Nb2O8
Description: Initially believed to be a new mineral named "Nuevite."
Reference: Bradley, W.W. (1939), Thirty-fifth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 35: 207; Murdoch, Joseph (1946), Nuevite, a new rare-earth mineral from California (abstract): Geological Society of America Bulletin: 57: 1219; Murdoch, Joseph (1951c), Notes on California minerals: nuevite = samarskite; trona, and hanksite; Gaylussite: American Mineralogist: 36: 358-361; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 180.
Schorl
Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Reference: Rocks & Min.: 19:2.
'Silica'
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10115817.
Thorite
Formula: Th(SiO4)
Colour: Powdery white
Description: Occurs as small square crystals.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 367; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 462.
Thorite var. Thorogummite
Formula: (Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Colour: Powdery white
Description: Occurs as small square crystals.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 367; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 462.
'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Xenotime-(Y)
Formula: Y(PO4)
Description: Occurs as parallel intergrowths with cyrtolite in pegmatite.
Reference: Melhase, John (1936a), A new occurrence of rare-earth minerals in California: Mineralogist: 4(1): 11; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 166, 271, 389, 392; Rocks & Minerals (1944): 19: 2.
'Yttrocrasite-(Y)'
Formula: (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
Description: A few minute tabular crystals in pegmatite.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 390; Mineralogical Record (1976): 7: 182.
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Description: Occurs in pegmatite as radial clusters and individual crystals.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 166, 271.
Zircon var. Cyrtolite
Formula: Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Description: Occurs in pegmatite as radial clusters and individual crystals.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 166, 271.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Specularite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Rose Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Star Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Samarskite-(Y)4.DB.25YFe3+Nb2O8
'Yttrocrasite-(Y)'4.DG.05(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Monazite-(Ce)8.AD.50Ce(PO4)
Phosphuranylite8.EC.10KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
Xenotime-(Y)8.AD.35Y(PO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
var. Aquamarine9.CJ.05Be3Al2Si6O18
Epistilbite9.GD.45CaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Orthoclase9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Schorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Thorite9.AD.30Th(SiO4)
var. Thorogummite9.AD.30(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
var. Cyrtolite9.AD.30Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
'Feldspar Group'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
'Mica Group'-
'Monazite'-REE(PO4)
'Silica'-
'Tourmaline'-AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
H Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
H SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
H EpistilbiteCaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
H PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
BeBeryllium
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Be Beryl var. AquamarineBe3Al2Si6O18
BBoron
B SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
B TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
OOxygen
O Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
O Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
O MonaziteREE(PO4)
O Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
O Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
O SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O Quartz var. Rose QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
O Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
O QuartzSiO2
O MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
O EpistilbiteCaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
O Quartz var. Star QuartzSiO2
O AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
O TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O Beryl var. AquamarineBe3Al2Si6O18
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
O HematiteFe2O3
O Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
O ThoriteTh(SiO4)
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
NaSodium
Na SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Al SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Al MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Al EpistilbiteCaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
Al AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al Beryl var. AquamarineBe3Al2Si6O18
SiSilicon
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Si Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Si SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si Quartz var. Rose QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Si Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Si QuartzSiO2
Si MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Si EpistilbiteCaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
Si Quartz var. Star QuartzSiO2
Si AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si Beryl var. AquamarineBe3Al2Si6O18
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si ThoriteTh(SiO4)
PPhosphorus
P MonaziteREE(PO4)
P Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
P Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
P PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
K OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
K MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
K PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
CaCalcium
Ca Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
Ca EpistilbiteCaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
Ca PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O
TiTitanium
Ti Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
FeIron
Fe Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Fe Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Fe SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Fe AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
YYttrium
Y Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
Y Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Y Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
ZrZirconium
Zr Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)
NbNiobium
Nb Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
CeCerium
Ce Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
ThThorium
Th Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
Th Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Th ThoriteTh(SiO4)
UUranium
U Yttrocrasite-(Y)(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6
U Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
U PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 · 8H2O

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