Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Deep Springs Lake (Deep Springs Playa), Deep Springs Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deep Springs Lake (Deep Springs Playa), Deep Springs Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Deep Springs Playa Clay Deposits
Deep Springs Valley Mine

Latitude: 37°16'56"N
Longitude: 118°1'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.282222222222,-118.0275

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.

Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Mica	None	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite

Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Blödite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Halite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Natrite ()*	Pirssonite ()*
Sylvite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Trona ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Aragonite Blödite Calcite Clay Mica None Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0		77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		130
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	0		47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	0		57
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	0		137
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	0		223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	157506	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	157506	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	0		78
Natrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)	1	157507	19
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	0		19
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	157507	275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	157507	299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	0		64
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	0		129
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	157506	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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