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Los Molinos, Tehama County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types
Los MolinosTown
Tehama CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
USACountry

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Franciscan Formation Outcrop

Elder Creek, Los Molinos, Tehama County, California, USA
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Franciscan Formation Outcrop

Elder Creek, Los Molinos, Tehama County, California, USA
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Franciscan Formation Outcrop

Elder Creek, Los Molinos, Tehama County, California, USA
Type:
Town
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Los Molinos2,037 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
215533
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:215533:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Los Molinos, Comté de Tehama, Californie, États-Unis
German:
Los Molinos, Tehama County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Los Molinos, Contea di Tehama, California, Stati Uniti d'America
Simplified Chinese:
洛斯莫利諾斯, 蒂黑马县, 加利福尼亚州, 美国
Spanish:
Los Molinos, Condado de Tehama, California, Estados Unidos
Basque:
Los Molinos, Tehama konderria, Kalifornia
Catalan:
Los Molinos, Califòrnia, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Los Molinos, Tehama County, California
Chechen:
Лос-Молинос, Калифорни, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Croatian:
Los Molinos, Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Dutch:
Los Molinos, Tehama County, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
لس مولینوس, شهرستان تهاما، کالیفرنیا, کالیفرنیا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Irish Gaelic:
Los Molinos, Contae Tehama, California, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Ladin:
Los Molinos
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Los Molinos
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
लस मोलिनोस, क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Polish:
Los Molinos, Hrabstwo Tehama, Kalifornia, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Los Molinos, Condado de Tehama, Califórnia, Estados Unidos
Serbian:
Лос Молинос, Округ Техејма, Калифорнија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Los Molinos, Tehama County, Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
South Azerbaijani:
لس مولینوس، کالیفورنیا, کالیفورنیا ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swedish:
Los Molinos, Tehama County, Kalifornien, USA
Tatar:
Лос-Молинос, Калифорния (штат), Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Los Molinos, Tehama County, Kaliforniya, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Лос-Молінос, Техама, Каліфорнія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Volapük:
Los Molinos, Kalifornän, Lamerikän


A populated place (town).

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Mineral List

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

1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘPectolite9.DG.05NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Hⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Oⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
NaSodium
Naⓘ PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Siⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
CaCalcium
Caⓘ PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed83.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed86.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Chico - Kingsley Cave285.8 - 83.5 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Perissitys
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : Perissitys86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Murphitys
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Perissityidae : Murphitys86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Molinos,_California
Wikidata ID:Q2396734
GeoNames ID:5567220

Localities in this Region

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