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Locality Name:
Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 208591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Avalon
Buffalo Springs Weather Station Vicinity
Cottonwood Canyon
East End Of Santa Catalina Island
East Mountain
Empire Landing
Empire Landing Vicinity
Escondido Canyon
Fourth Of July Cove (July Harbor)
Howland Landing
Interior Of Santa Catalina Island
Little Harbor
Mineral Hills Mine (Beauchey Mine)
Mouth Of Bullrush Canyon
Mouth Of Middle Ranch Canyon Area
Old Soapstone Quarry
Potts Valley
Santa Catalina Airport
Second Canyon North Of Orizaba Peak
Silver Canyon
Small Hill Mine
Unnamed Albite Pegmatite
West Of The Old Soapstone Quarry
Western Tip Of Santa Catalina Island

Latitude: 33°22'45"N
Longitude: 118°25'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.379166666667,-118.42611111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLawsoniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteTalcTitaniteTridymite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Corundum  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22161656,1616613419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5161645,161653,161659,161666,1616688803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22161647,161656718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41161639708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11616643250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11616389052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211616425509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116163811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2161638,16166527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116165727198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41161639951
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311616671797
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211616389895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11616498173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211616389617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2161638,16165124243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21161656286
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411616671507
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2161649,161668121
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2161639,1616621487
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23161656,161659,16166717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11616392994
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1161649260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116163839462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)30341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24161651,161655,161659,16166161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211616605614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11616381153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2161638,16165721482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)24161647,161656,161660,1616623337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11616634899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11616581025


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