Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Lava Beds National Monument, Cascade Range, Siskiyou Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 208734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lava Beds National Monument, Cascade Range, Siskiyou Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Catacombs Cave (The Catacombs)
Catwalk Cave
Crystal Ice Cave
Gaping Hole/Arch Sink Cave
Mammoth Cave
Table Mountain Cave

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Rutile	Tridymite

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: Ba C Ca Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Fe H Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Cristobalite Diaspore Gypsum None Rutile Tridymite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ice ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Silhydrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	178084	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	178084	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	0		453
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	178084,178085	6890
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	1	178085	59
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	178083	2994
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Silhydrite ()*	None	Si₃O₆·H₂O	3	178086,178087,178088	6

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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