Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Daggett, Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett Area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daggett, Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett Area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Brown-Gold-Lilac Quarry Group
Brubaker Bentonite Mine (Nebo Pits; Potter Bentonite Deposit)
Cuticura Mine
Leviathon Prospect
Mojave Water Camp Area
Monarch Minerals Clay Mine
Unnamed Clay Occurrence [20]
Unnamed Epidote Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 34°53'44"N
Longitude: 116°54'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.895555555556,-116.91027777778

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Smectite-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 B Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ca H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote None Not in a structural group Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Howlite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Ulexite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	171051	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	171053	27770
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	171056	8173
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	171050	1689
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	0		36
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	171055	1508
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	171050	2473
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	0		160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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