Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 208117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Adam's Rib Mine
Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; Blue Bell Deposit; Blue Bell Mine; Exposition Claim; Panama Claim; San Diego Claim; San Diego Group)
Carmelita Mine (Big Spring Mine; Blue Gem Claim; Crest Gem Mine; Elinor Deposit; Elinor Mine; Estudillo Mine; French Pete Mine; MS 6130; Peter Cabat Mine)
East Side Of Chihuahua Valley
Green Cloud Mine
Lookout Prospect
Pearson Deposit

Latitude: 33°22'3"N
Longitude: 116°38'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.3675,-116.63805555556

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	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine
Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Sb Si Sn Ta U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Mica None Olivine
Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Topaz Tourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	175206,175207,175208	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	175208	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	175206,175207,175208,175210	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	175207,175208	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	175207	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	175208	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	175207,175208	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	175208	1544
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	2	175208,175210	119
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	175208	155
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	175208	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	175207,175208	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	175208	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	175207,175208,175210	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	175207,175208	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	175207,175208,175210,175212	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	175207,175208	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	175207,175208	1214
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	1	175208	53
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	175207	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050005	Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; Blue Bell Deposit; Blue Bell Mine; Exposition Claim; Panama Claim; San Diego Claim; San Diego Group), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050005
X050119	Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; Blue Bell Deposit; Blue Bell Mine; Exposition Claim; Panama Claim; San Diego Claim; San Diego Group), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050119
X050142	Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; Blue Bell Deposit; Blue Bell Mine; Exposition Claim; Panama Claim; San Diego Claim; San Diego Group), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050142

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