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Area:
423,970 km2
Type:
State
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
CA
Other Languages:
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French:
Californie, États-Unis
German:
Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
California, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Калифорния, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
加利福尼亚州, 美国
Spanish:
California, Estados Unidos
Afrikaans:
Kalifornië, Verenigde State van Amerika
Albanian:
Kalifornia, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Alemannic:
Kalifornien, USA
Amharic:
ካሊፎርኒያ, አሜሪካ
Anglo-Saxon:
California, Geānedu Rīcu American
Arabic:
كاليفورنيا, الولايات المتحدة
Aragonese:
California
Armenian:
Կալիֆոռնիա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Asturian:
California, Estaos Xuníos d'América
Aymara:
California suyu, Istadus Unidus
Azeri:
Kaliforniya, Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları
Bashkir:
Калифорния, Америка Ҡушма Штаттары
Basque:
Kalifornia
Bavarian:
Kalifornien, Vaoanigte Stootn
Belarusian:
Каліфорнія, Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Каліфорнія, Злучаныя Штаты Амэрыкі
Bengali:
ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া, মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bislama:
Kalifornia, Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika
Bosnian:
Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Breton:
Kalifornia, Stadoù-Unanet Amerika
Bulgarian:
Калифорния, Съединени американски щати
Burmese:
ကယ်လီဖိုးနီးယားပြည်နယ်, အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု
Catalan:
Califòrnia, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
California
Central Bikol:
California, Estados Unidos
Chechen:
Калифорни, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Cheyenne:
California, United States
Chuvash:
Калифорни, Пĕрлешнĕ Штатсем
Cornish:
Kaliforni, Statys Unys
Corsican:
California, Stati Uniti d'America
Croatian:
Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Czech:
Kalifornie, Spojené státy americké
Danish:
Californien, USA
Dutch Low Saxon:
Kalifornië, Verienigde Staoten van Amerika
Egyptian Arabic:
كاليفورنيا, امريكا
Emilian-Romagnol:
Califòrgna, Stat Unî
Esperanto:
Kalifornio
Estonian:
California, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
کالیفرنیا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Fiji Hindi:
California, United States
Finnish:
Kalifornia, Yhdysvallat
Franco-Provençal:
California, Ètats-Unis
Gagauz:
Kaliforniya, Amerika Birleşik Devletläri
Galician:
California, Estados Unidos de América
Gan:
加利福尼亞州, 美國
Georgian:
კალიფორნია, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Greek:
Καλιφόρνια, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής
Guarani:
California, Tetãvore Joapykuéra
Gujarati:
કેલિફોર્નિયા, યુનાઇટેડ સ્ટેટ્સ ઓફ અમેરિકા
Haitian:
Kalifòni, Etazini
Hakka:
California
Hawaiian:
Kaleponi, ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘ia
Hebrew:
קליפורניה, ארצות הברית
Hill Mari:
Калифорни, Америкын Ушымы Штатвлӓжӹ
Hindi:
कैलिफ़ोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य
Hungarian:
Kalifornia, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Icelandic:
Kalifornía, Bandaríkin
Ido:
Kalifornia, Usa
Igbo:
California, Njikọ̀taọ̀hà
Iloko:
California, Estados Unidos iti Amerika
Indonesian:
California, Amerika Serikat
Interlingua:
California, Statos Unite de America
Inuktitut:
ᑳᓖᐴᕐᓃᐊ, ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲ
Irish Gaelic:
California, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
カリフォルニア州, アメリカ合衆国
Javanese:
California, Amérika Sarékat
Judaeo-Spanish:
Kalifornia, Estados Unidos de Amerika
Kabiye:
Kalɩfɔrnii, Etaazuunii
Kabyle:
Kalifurnya, Iwunak Yeddukklen n Temrikt
Kalmyk:
Калифорния, Америкин Ниицәтә Орн Нутугуд
Kannada:
ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೊರ್ನಿಯ, ಅಮೇರಿಕ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ
Kapampangan:
California, Estados Unidos
Karachay-Balkar:
Калифорния, Американы Бирлешген Штатлары
Karakalpak:
Kaliforniya shtati, Amerika Qurama Shtatları
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Калифорния, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Korean:
캘리포니아주, 미국
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Kalîforniya, Dewletên Yekbûyî yên Amerîkayê
Kyrgyz:
Калифорния, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Latin:
California, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Latvian:
Kalifornija, Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
Ligurian:
California, Stati Unïi d'America
Limburgian:
Californië, Vereinegde Staote vaan Amerika
Lithuanian:
Kalifornija, Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos
Lojban:
kalifornias, mergu'e
Lombard:
California, Stat Ünì d'America
Low Saxon/Low German:
Kalifornien, USA
Lower Sorbian:
Kaliforniska, Zjadnośone staty Ameriki
Luri:
کاليفورنيا, ڤولاتچٱیا یٱکاگرتٱ آمریکا
Luxembourgish:
Kalifornien, Vereenegt Staate vun Amerika
Macedonian:
Калифорнија, Соединети Американски Држави
Maithili:
क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Malagasy:
Kalifornia, Etazonia
Malay:
California, Amerika Syarikat
Malayalam:
കാലിഫോർണിയ
Manx:
California, Steatyn Unnaneysit America
Maori:
Karapōnia, Hononga-o-Amerika
Marathi:
कॅलिफोर्निया, अमेरिकेची संयुक्त संस्थाने
Mazanderani:
کالیفرنیا
Meadow Mari:
Калифорний, Ушымо Американ Штат-влак
Min Dong Chinese:
California
Mingrelian:
კალიფორნია, ამერიკაშ აკოართაფილი შტატეფი
Mongolian:
Калифорни, Америкийн Нэгдсэн Улс
Nahuatl:
California
Nauruan:
California, Eben Merika
Navajo:
Ahééháshį́į́h Hahoodzo, Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí
Nepali:
क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Northern Frisian:
California, Feriind Stoote foon Ameerika
Northern Sami:
Kalifornia, Amerihká ovttastuvvan stáhtat
Norwegian:
California, USA
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
California, USA
Occitan:
Califòrnia, Estats Units d'America
Ossetian:
Калифорни, Америкæйы Иугонд Штаттæ
Pali:
क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Pangasinan:
California, Estados Unidos
Papiamento:
California, Estadonan Uni di Merka
Pashto:
کاليفورنيا, د امريکا متحده ايالتونه
Pennsylvania German:
Kalifornie, Amerikaa
Picard:
Californie, États-Unis Anmérikes
Piedmontese:
Califòrnia, Stat Unì d'América
Polish:
Kalifornia, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Califórnia, Estados Unidos
Punjabi:
ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ, ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ
Quechua:
California suyu, Hukllachasqa Amirika Suyukuna
Romanian:
California, Statele Unite ale Americii
Romansh:
California, Stadis Unids
Russia Buriat:
Калифорни
Samoan:
Kalefonia, Iunaite Sitete o Amerika
Samogitian:
Kalėfuornėjė, JAV
Sanskrit:
कालिफ़ोर्निया, अमेरिकासंयुक्तराज्यम्
Sardinian:
Califòrnia, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Saterland Frisian:
Kalifornien, Fereende Stoaten fon Amerikoa
Scots:
Californie
Scottish Gaelic:
Calafòrnia, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Калифорнија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Sicilian:
California, Stati Uniti
Silesian:
Kaliforńijo, Zjednoczůne Sztaty
Sindhi:
ڪيليفورنيا, آمريڪا جون گڏيل رياستون
Slovak:
Kalifornia, Spojené štáty
Slovenian:
Kalifornija, Združene države Amerike
Somali:
Kalifornia, Gobolada Isku Tegay ee Ameerika
South Azerbaijani:
کالیفورنیا ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Sundanese:
Kalifornia, Amérika Sarikat
Swahili:
California, Marekani
Swedish:
Kalifornien, USA
Tagalog:
California, Estados Unidos
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Калифорния, Иёлоти Муттаҳидаи Амрико
Tamil:
கலிபோர்னியா, அமெரிக்க ஐக்கிய நாடு
Tatar:
Калифорния (штат), Америка Кушма Штатлары
Telugu:
కాలిఫోర్నియా, అమెరికా సంయుక్త రాష్ట్రాలు
Tetum:
California, Estadu Naklibur Sira Amérika Nian
Thai:
รัฐแคลิฟอร์เนีย, ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา
Tibetan (Standard):
ཁྰ་ལེ་ཧྥོར་ནི་ཡ།, ཨ་མེ་རི་ཁ་རྒྱལ་ཕྲན་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།
Traditional Chinese:
加利福尼亞州, 美國
Turkish:
Kaliforniya, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Каліфорнія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Upper Sorbian:
Kaliforniska, Zjednoćene staty Ameriki
Urdu:
کیلیفورنیا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Uyghur:
Kaliforniye Shitati, ئامېرىكا قوشما شىتاتلىرى
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Kaliforniya, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Venetian:
Całifornia, Stati Unii de ła Mèrica
Vietnamese:
California, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Volapük:
Kalifornän, Lamerikän
Walloon:
Californeye, Estats Unis
Waray:
California, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Califfornia, Unol Daleithiau America
West Frisian:
Kalifornje, Feriene Steaten
Western Punjabi:
کیلیفورنیا, امریکہ
Wu Chinese:
加利福尼亚, 美国
Yakut:
Калифорния, Америка Холбоһуктаах Штааттара
Yiddish:
קאליפארניע, פאראייניקטע שטאטן פון אמעריקע
Yoruba:
Kalifọ́rníà
Zazaki:
Kaliforniya, Dewletê Amerikayê Yewbiyayey
Zeelandic:
Californië, Vereênigde Staeten
Zulu:
California, IMelika


NOTE: The bibliography for California mineralogy is very extensive. Only references pertaining to the entire state are presented here. Specific references for individual counties are found in the files for the county, the same for mining districts, and finally, the references pertaining to the individual localities may be found at the locality file level.

According to Bulletin 189 (Murdoch & Webb, 1966, pp. 543-545), mining districts in California apparently have had no formal recognition by statute at the state level. Study of the written record, however, suggests that many early geologists, mining engineers, and prospectors expected that formal requirements would be legislated, and, in anticipation, terms like "Bonanza Mining District" were coined and widely used in early literature. A list of the mining districts is presented in USGS Bulletin 507 and is incorporated into another list or data table in Bulletin 189, which provides the USGS "official" name as well as synonyms (if any), county of location and nearest "permanent" town or settlement for each.

There are 3 Meridians used in the Township and Range values for California. These are the Humboldt Meridian (abbreviated as "HM" in this database)(extreme NW corner of the state); the Mount Diablo Meridian (abbreviated as "MDM" in this database)(center and northern parts of the state); and the San Bernardino Meridian (abbreviated as "SBM" in this database)(southern portions of the state). NOTE: The T&R values for fractions of a section are read from the right to left (e.g.: the N½SE¼NW¼ is the NW quarter of the section, the SE quarter of that, and then the N half of that segment).
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California Meridians map

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.


Mineral List

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

1123 valid minerals. 152 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 7 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 7 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded


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

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ⓘ Acapulcoite meteorite

ⓘ Agglomerate

ⓘ 'Alaskite'

ⓘ Alluvial deposit

ⓘ 'Amphibole schist'

ⓘ Amphibolite

ⓘ Andesite

ⓘ Anorthosite

ⓘ 'Aphanite'

ⓘ 'Aplite'

ⓘ 'Aplitic granite'

ⓘ 'Argillite'

ⓘ 'Arkose'

ⓘ 'Augen gneiss'

ⓘ Basalt

ⓘ Basaltic-andesite

ⓘ Basanite

ⓘ Bauxite

ⓘ 'Bentonite'

ⓘ 'Biotite gneiss'

ⓘ 'Biotite granite'

ⓘ 'Biotite schist'

ⓘ Biotitite

ⓘ 'Bituminous clay'

ⓘ 'Bituminous shale'

ⓘ Bituminous-coal

ⓘ 'Black Nephrite Jade'

ⓘ Blown sand

ⓘ 'Blueschist'

ⓘ Breccia

ⓘ Brucite-marble

ⓘ Calc-silicate rock

ⓘ Caliche

ⓘ 'Californite'

ⓘ Carbonaceous chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Carbonatite

ⓘ Chert

ⓘ 'Chlorite schist'

ⓘ Clastic sedimentary rock

ⓘ Clay

ⓘ Claystone

ⓘ 'Clinker'

ⓘ Cobbles

ⓘ Concretion

ⓘ Conglomerate

ⓘ 'Cortlandtite'

ⓘ 'Corundite'

ⓘ Dacite

ⓘ Diatomite

ⓘ Diorite

ⓘ 'Dolerite'

ⓘ Dolomite-carbonatite

ⓘ Dolostone

ⓘ Dunite

ⓘ Eclogite

ⓘ Evaporite

ⓘ 'Feldspathic-sandstone'

ⓘ 'Felsite'

ⓘ Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock

ⓘ 'Flint'

ⓘ 'Fulgurite'

ⓘ Gabbro

ⓘ 'Ganister'

ⓘ 'Garnet-mica schist'

ⓘ Glassy rock

ⓘ 'Glaucophane schist'

ⓘ Gneiss

ⓘ 'Gold ore'

ⓘ Gossan

ⓘ Granite

ⓘ 'Granitic gneiss'

ⓘ Granitoid

ⓘ Granodiorite

ⓘ Granulite

ⓘ 'Graphic granite'

ⓘ Gravel

ⓘ 'Greenschist'

ⓘ Greenstone

ⓘ Greywacke

ⓘ H4 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ H5 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ H6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Harzburgite

ⓘ 'Hornblende-biotite granite'

ⓘ Hornblendite

ⓘ Hornfels

ⓘ Humic coal series

ⓘ IAB-sLL iron meteorite

ⓘ IIAB iron meteorite

ⓘ IID iron meteorite

ⓘ IIIAB iron meteorite

ⓘ 'Iron ore'

ⓘ 'Jade'

ⓘ 'Jasper'

ⓘ 'Kaolin'

ⓘ 'Keratophyre'

ⓘ L chondrite meteorite

ⓘ L4 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ L6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Lacustrine deposit

ⓘ Lamproite

ⓘ Lamprophyre

ⓘ Lapilli-tuff

ⓘ 'Lapis lazuli'

ⓘ Laterite

ⓘ 'Leucogranite'

ⓘ 'Leucosyenite'

ⓘ Lherzolite

ⓘ Lignite

ⓘ Limestone

ⓘ Listvenite

ⓘ 'Magnesian Limestone'

ⓘ 'Magnetite skarn'

ⓘ 'Mahogany Obsidian'

ⓘ Marble

ⓘ 'Marl'

ⓘ Meta-andesite

ⓘ Metabasalt

ⓘ Metachert

ⓘ Metaconglomerate

ⓘ 'Metadolomite'

ⓘ Metagranite

ⓘ Metagreywacke

ⓘ Metamorphic rock

ⓘ Metasandstone

ⓘ Metasedimentary rock

ⓘ Metashale

ⓘ Metavolcanic rock

ⓘ 'Mica schist'

ⓘ Migmatite

ⓘ Monzonite

ⓘ Mud

ⓘ Mudstone

ⓘ 'Muscovite schist'

ⓘ Mylonite

ⓘ Nephrite

ⓘ Obsidian

ⓘ 'Olivine basalt'

ⓘ Olivine-gabbro

ⓘ 'Palagonite tuff'

ⓘ 'Parabasalt'

ⓘ Pebbles

ⓘ 'Pegmatite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatitic granite'

ⓘ 'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

ⓘ Peridotite

ⓘ Phosphorite

ⓘ Phyllite

ⓘ Picrite

ⓘ Porcellanite

ⓘ 'Porphyrite'

ⓘ 'Porphyritic rhyolite'

ⓘ 'Porphyry'

ⓘ 'Pozzolana'

ⓘ Pumice

ⓘ Pyroclastic sediment

ⓘ Pyroclastic-rock

ⓘ Pyroxenite

ⓘ 'Quartz mica chiastolite schist'

ⓘ 'Quartz porphyry'

ⓘ 'Quartz schist'

ⓘ Quartz-diorite

ⓘ 'Quartz-feldspar gneiss'

ⓘ 'Quartz-mica schist'

ⓘ Quartz-monzonite

ⓘ Quartzite

ⓘ 'Rainbow Obsidian'

ⓘ 'Rhizolite'

ⓘ Rhyodacite

ⓘ Rhyolite

ⓘ 'Rhyolitic tuff'

ⓘ Rodingite

ⓘ Sand

ⓘ Sandstone

ⓘ Schist

ⓘ Sedimentary breccia

ⓘ Sedimentary rock

ⓘ Serpentinite

ⓘ Shale

ⓘ Shergottite meteorite

ⓘ Shonkinite

ⓘ 'Siliceous sinter'

ⓘ Silt

ⓘ Siltstone

ⓘ Sinter

ⓘ Skarn

ⓘ Slag

ⓘ Slate

ⓘ 'Snowflake Obsidian'

ⓘ Syenite

ⓘ Søvite

ⓘ 'Tactite'

ⓘ 'Till'

ⓘ Tonalite

ⓘ Trachyandesite

ⓘ Trachydacite

ⓘ Trachyte

ⓘ Travertine

ⓘ Troctolite

ⓘ Tufa

ⓘ Tuff

ⓘ Tuff-breccia

ⓘ Tuffaceous-mudstone

ⓘ Tuffaceous-sandstone

ⓘ 'Uintahite'

ⓘ 'Ungrouped IAB iron meteorite'

ⓘ 'Ungrouped iron meteorite'

ⓘ 'Vitrophyric porphyry'

ⓘ Volcanic ash

ⓘ Volcanic breccia

ⓘ 'Volcanic conglomerate'

ⓘ Volcaniclastic rock

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California
Wikidata ID:Q99
GeoNames ID:5332921

Mindat Articles

Talc Find in California by Rolf Luetcke


Localities in this Region

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References

Dana, James Dwight (1849) Gold in California. American Journal of Science, 2nd. series, 7, 125-126.
Lyman, C.S. (1849) Platinum and diamonds in California. American Journal of Science, 2nd. series, 8, 294.
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