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Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USAi
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Cove Mining DistrictMining District
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Scheelite, etc.

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Scheelite

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Scheelite

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Scheelite, etc.

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Scheelite

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Scheelite

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Scheelite, etc.

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
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Scheelite

Kernville, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
Neighbouring regions:
Wofford Heights, Cove Mining District, Kern County, California, USA
Type:
Census-designated Place
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kernville1,395 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
27181
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:27181:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Kernville, Comté de Kern, Californie, États-Unis
German:
Kernville, Kern County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Kernville, Contea di Kern, California, Stati Uniti d'America
Simplified Chinese:
克恩維爾, 克恩县, 加利福尼亚州, 美国
Spanish:
Kernville, Condado de Kern, California, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
كيرنفيل, مقاطعة كيرن, كاليفورنيا, الولايات المتحدة
Basque:
Kernville, Kern konderria, Kalifornia
Catalan:
Kernville, Califòrnia, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Kernville, Kern County, California
Chechen:
Кернвилл, Калифорни, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Croatian:
Kernville, Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Dutch:
Kernville, Kern County, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
کرنویل, شهرستان کرن، کالیفرنیا, کالیفرنیا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Gilaki:
کرنویل, آمريکا ايجؤنأبؤ ايالتؤن
Irish Gaelic:
Kernville, Contae Kern, California, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Ladin:
Kernville
Malagasy:
Kernville, Kalifornia, Etazonia
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Kernville
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
केर्नभिल, क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Polish:
Kernville, Hrabstwo Kern, Kalifornia, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Kernville, Condado de Kern, Califórnia, Estados Unidos
Serbian:
Кернвил, Округ Керн, Калифорнија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Kernville, Kern County, Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
South Azerbaijani:
کرنویل، کالیفورنیا, کالیفورنیا ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Tatar:
Кернвилл, Калифорния (штат), Америка Кушма Штатлары
Turkish:
Kernville, Kern County, Kaliforniya, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Кернвілл, Керн, Каліфорнія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Volapük:
Kernville, Kalifornän, Lamerikän


A town located along the E side of the Kern River, just N of the northern limit of the Lake Isabella reservoir.

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7 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
ⓘ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'
Formula: ◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
ⓘ Lechatelierite
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
ⓘ Powellite
Formula: Ca(MoO4)
Description: Locally abundant in a tactite zone.
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Quartz var. Rose Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Rose Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘLechatelierite4.DA.30SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘPowellite7.GA.05Ca(MoO4)
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Hornblende Root Name Group'-◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
ⓘ'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ LechatelieriteSiO2
Oⓘ PowelliteCa(MoO4)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Quartz var. Rose QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Oⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Oⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Alⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ LechatelieriteSiO2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Quartz var. Rose QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Siⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ PowelliteCa(MoO4)
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Caⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
FeIron
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ PowelliteCa(MoO4)
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernville,_California
Wikidata ID:Q3028509
GeoNames ID:5362994

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References

Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 375
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
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