Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Oceanview Mine (MS 6452; MS 6848; Ocean View Mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oceanview Mine (MS 6452; MS 6848; Ocean View Mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Snipe Prospect (Spar King Deposit)
Upper Elizabeth R. Mine (Elizabeth R. Mine [original])

Latitude: 33°23'22"N
Longitude: 117°2'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.389444444444,-117.04888888889

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Cu Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H Mn Nb O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Microcline ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	174888,174889	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	174889	4286
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	0		289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	174889	520
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	174888,174889	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	174889	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	174888	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	174888,174889	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	174888,174889	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	174889	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100088	Oceanview Mine (MS 6452; MS 6848; Ocean View Mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R100088

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