Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Bell Mine (Hard Luck Mine), Zzyzx (Fort Soda; Soda; Soda Springs; Zzyzx Mineral Spring Resort), Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 144880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Bell Mine (Hard Luck Mine), Zzyzx (Fort Soda; Soda; Soda Springs; Zzyzx Mineral Spring Resort), Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°14'30"N
Longitude: 116°12'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.241666666667,-116.20444444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bismutite
Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Dugganite	Epidote	Fluorite	Fornacite
Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Melanterite	Murdochite	Nadorite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Philipsburgite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sr Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sr Te V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Bismutite
Brackebuschite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Dugganite Epidote Fluorite Fornacite
Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Melanterite Murdochite Nadorite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Philipsburgite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetradymite Wurtzite

102 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Beudantite ()*
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bluebellite ()*	Boleite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Creaseyite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dugganite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*
Eulytine ()*	Ferrisurite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluorphosphohedyphane ()*
Fornacite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kawazulite ()*	Kettnerite ()*	Khinite ()*	Kipushite ()*	Kuksite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mojaveite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Namibite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*	Perite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pingguite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Plumbophyllite ()*
Plumbotsumite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Quetzalcoatlite ()*	Reynoldsite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sauconite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tlalocite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumebite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	132
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	96
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Bluebellite ()*	None	Cu₆(IO₃)(OH)₁₀Cl	1
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	27
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	164
Dugganite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃(TeO₆)(AsO₄)₂	18
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	72
Ferrisurite ()*	None	Pb_2.4Fe³⁺₂Si₄O₁₀(CO₃)_1.7(OH)₃·nH₂O	4
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fluorphosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃F	4
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	85
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se	32
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	46
Khinite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃PbTe⁶⁺O₆(OH)₂	14
Kipushite ()*	Philipsburgite	Cu₆(PO₄)₂(OH)₆·H₂O	8
Kuksite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃TeO₆(PO₄)₂	6
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Mojaveite ()*	None	Cu₆[Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₂](OH)₇Cl	9
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂	34
Namibite ()*	None	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)	24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	40
Perite ()*	Nadorite	PbBiO₂Cl	27
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	71
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Pingguite ()*	None	Bi₆Te⁶⁺₂O₁₅	5
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	158
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Plumbophyllite ()*	None	Pb₂Si₄O₁₀·H₂O	2
Plumbotsumite ()*	None	Pb₅Si₄O₈(OH)₁₀	6
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Quetzalcoatlite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃Zn₆Te⁶⁺₂O₁₂(OH)₆·(Ag,Pb, )Cl	6
Reynoldsite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pb₂Mn⁴⁺₂O₅(CrO₄)	3
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	56
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Tlalocite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Zn₆(Te⁴⁺O₃)(Te⁶⁺O₄)₂Cl(OH)₂₅·27H₂O	2
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	32
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	63
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110039	Blue Bell Mine (Hard Luck Mine), Zzyzx (Fort Soda; Soda; Soda Springs; Zzyzx Mineral Spring Resort), Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R110039
R060766	Blue Bell Mine (Hard Luck Mine), Zzyzx (Fort Soda; Soda; Soda Springs; Zzyzx Mineral Spring Resort), Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060766
R110037	Blue Bell Mine (Hard Luck Mine), Zzyzx (Fort Soda; Soda; Soda Springs; Zzyzx Mineral Spring Resort), Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R110037
R130081	Blue Bell Mine (Hard Luck Mine), Zzyzx (Fort Soda; Soda; Soda Springs; Zzyzx Mineral Spring Resort), Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R130081
R110157	Blue Bell Mine (Hard Luck Mine), Zzyzx (Fort Soda; Soda; Soda Springs; Zzyzx Mineral Spring Resort), Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R110157

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