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Cedar Creek Mine (Cedar Creek Lost Spanish Mine; Lost Spanish Mine), Dulzura, San Ysidro Mountains, San Diego County, California, USAi
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Cedar Creek Mine (Cedar Creek Lost Spanish Mine; Lost Spanish Mine)Mine
Dulzura- not defined -
San Ysidro MountainsMountain Range
San Diego CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 36' 46'' North , 116° 49' 51'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rancho de sus Niños108 (2014)10.6km
El Niño8,999 (2014)12.3km
Jamul6,163 (2011)12.3km
Tres M (Pérez)917 (2014)12.9km
Ejido Javier Rojo Gómez2,408 (2014)13.2km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
El Cajon Valley Gem & Mineral SocietyEl Cajon, California24km
San Diego Gem and Mineral SocietySan Diego, California33km
San Diego Lapidary SocietySan Diego, California33km
Mindat Locality ID:
91191
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:91191:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former Pb-Au-Zn-Ag-Cu occurrence/prospect located in secs. 12 & 13, T18S, R1E, SBM, 5.9 km (3.6 miles) SW of Dulzura and 4 miles WSW of Engineer Springs.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


5 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Scorodite8.CD.10Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
O ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
As ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent
North America Plate
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate

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