Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lead Mountain Mine (Main Barite Mine), Lead Mountain [2], Barstow, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 18931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lead Mountain Mine (Main Barite Mine), Lead Mountain [2], Barstow, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°55'12"N
Longitude: 116°56'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.92,-116.93583333333

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Coronadite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Plattnerite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Coronadite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	73
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	158
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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