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:
Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 94
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 72

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pala

Latitude: 33°22'40"N
Longitude: 117°2'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.377777777778,-117.04416666667

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Beryl	Bismutite
Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corrensite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Garnet	Hopeite	Hureaulite	Iron	Jahnsite	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Leucophosphite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Phosphosiderite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Roscherite	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Stewartite
Stibnite	Strunzite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Vivianite	Wardite	Zircon

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 As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Arthurite Beryl Bismutite
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corrensite Corundum Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Fairfieldite Feldspar Garnet Hopeite Hureaulite Iron Jahnsite Kaolinite Löllingite
Leucophosphite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Phosphosiderite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Roscherite Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Stewartite
Stibnite Strunzite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Vivianite Wardite Zircon

94 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bermanite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Beyerite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bismutotantalite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*
Digenite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eulytine ()*	Fairfieldite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Foitite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greifensteinite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hambergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Heterosite ()*	Hopeite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Iron ()*
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Ludlamite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Namibite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pucherite ()*
Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stewartite ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Swinefordite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tosudite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wardite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	50	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174892,174894,174896,174899,174900,174906,174909,174910,174912,174914,174916,174917,174924,174926,174927,174928,174931,174934,174937,174938,174939,174940,174941,174942,174943,174945,174948,174949,174950,174951,174954,174956,174957,174958,174959,174960,174961,174963	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	12	174883,174894,174918,174927,174942,174943,174945,174948,174956,174957,174958,174960	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	6	174899,174914,174927,174934,174937,174954	244
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4	174891,174933,174937,174960	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	174937	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	174937	9052
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	0		255
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	174954	55
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	3	174871,174899,174916	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	23	174875,174877,174880,174884,174887,174889,174891,174896,174900,174906,174909,174912,174914,174917,174918,174922,174924,174927,174934,174937,174954,174958,174960	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	3	174875,174927,174954	96
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	3	174937,174958,174960	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	6	174877,174884,174891,174937,174954,174958	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	5	174884,174891,174906,174937,174954	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	3	174884,174906,174954	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	1	174958	23
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	174917,174937	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	174899	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	174906,174937	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	174954	3531
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	3	174875,174877,174927	36
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	174958	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	174916,174926	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	4	174875,174887,174927,174954	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	7	174877,174891,174916,174926,174954,174958,174960	181
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	174954	1027
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	13	174877,174889,174891,174909,174924,174927,174939,174948,174949,174954,174957,174958,174960	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	174937	8173
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	1	174875	72
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	174875	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	174875,174899,174914,174960	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	174924,174927	75
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	3	174875,174891,174937	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	174875,174937	7437
Greifensteinite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	174954	27
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	174899,174949,174958	1544
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	1	174917	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	3	174914,174937,174941	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	174937	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	174937	407
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	174937	204
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	174875	29
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	3	174875,174937,174954	125
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	174937	62
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	174925	1089
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) ()*	Jahnsite	Mn²⁺Mn²⁺Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	174954	6
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	174956,174957,174958,174960	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	174937	1271
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	174954	110
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	8	174875,174914,174917,174927,174954,174957,174958,174960	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	174899,174937	762
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	174917	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	174937	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	174937	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	174937	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	174939	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	46	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174891,174894,174896,174900,174906,174909,174910,174912,174914,174917,174924,174927,174928,174931,174934,174937,174938,174939,174940,174942,174943,174945,174948,174949,174950,174951,174954,174956,174957,174958,174959,174960,174961,174963	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	174917	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	3	174875,174889,174927	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	8	174875,174877,174892,174954,174956,174957,174958,174960	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	46	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174890,174891,174892,174894,174896,174906,174909,174910,174912,174914,174916,174917,174924,174926,174927,174928,174931,174934,174937,174938,174939,174940,174941,174943,174945,174948,174950,174951,174954,174956,174957,174958,174959,174960,174961,174963	17380
Namibite ()*	None	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)	3	174875,174927,174954	24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	174937	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	9	174883,174894,174906,174909,174914,174927,174949,174954,174958	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2	174900,174937	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	174916,174926	326
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	3	174875,174891,174954	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	174937	140
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	4	174875,174887,174914,174954	369
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	8	174877,174891,174914,174916,174926,174954,174958,174960	53
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	3	174875,174899,174954	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	174875,174937	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174884,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174891,174892,174894,174896,174900,174905,174906,174908,174909,174910,174912,174914,174916,174917,174918,174922,174924,174926,174927,174928,174931,174934,174937,174938,174939,174940,174941,174942,174943,174945,174948,174949,174950,174951,174954,174956,174957,174958,174959,174960,174961,174963	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	42	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174894,174896,174909,174910,174914,174917,174924,174927,174928,174931,174934,174937,174938,174939,174941,174942,174943,174945,174948,174949,174950,174951,174954,174956,174957,174958,174959,174960,174961,174963	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	3	174875,174924,174954	66
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	174937	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	9	174875,174927,174939,174949,174954,174956,174957,174958,174960	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	174937	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	21	174873,174875,174877,174887,174889,174891,174892,174900,174909,174912,174914,174917,174924,174927,174934,174937,174941,174954,174957,174958,174960	688
Stewartite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	174954	48
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	4	174899,174914,174924,174954	53
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	174937,174954	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	174954	98
Swinefordite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Ca_0.2(Li,Al,Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,F)₂·nH₂O	1	174941	5
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	7	174875,174914,174916,174917,174926,174937,174954	211
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	174927	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	174916,174926	1476
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	1	174954	36
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	4	174899,174937,174954,174958	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	3	174916,174926,174954	233
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	3	174916,174926,174954	636
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	174954	58
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	174875,174876,174954	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040006	Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R040006
R050500	Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050500
X050153	Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050153
R100088	Oceanview Mine (MS 6452; MS 6848; Ocean View Mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R100088
R050487	White Queen Mine (Queen Mine; White Queen Prospect), Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050487
X050117	White Queen Mine (Queen Mine; White Queen Prospect), Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050117
X050113	Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia Mine), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050113
R070519	Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia Mine), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070519

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