Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Blanco, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Monte Blanco Mine (Monte Blanco Deposit; Monte Blanco Adit)
Unnamed Borate Occurrence [26]
Unnamed Zeolite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°22'46"N
Longitude: 116°46'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.379444444444,-116.76777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Analcime	Baryte	Natrolite	None

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Ba Ca H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Natrolite None

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Celestine ()*	Colemanite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Inyoite ()*
Meyerhofferite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Priceite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Ulexite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	156939,156941	1627
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	156941	1252
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	1	156939	144
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	1	156939	42
Inyoite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O	1	156939	34
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	1	156939	23
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	156941	1236
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	2	156939,156940	33
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	156939	433
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	156939	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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