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Locality Name:
Pack Rat Mine, Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain), Jacumba, Jacumba District, Jacumba Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pack Rat Mine, Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain), Jacumba, Jacumba District, Jacumba Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'2"N
Longitude: 116°13'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.717222222222,-116.23055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArseniosideriteBerylCancrinite-sodaliteChildreniteClayDanburiteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetHureaulite
MicaNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSodalite
Tourmaline

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Danburite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Frondelite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Robertsite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Strengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O80148
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5052
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S0237
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)0119
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)0155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O036
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263


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