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:
Palo Verde District, Palo Verde Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palo Verde District, Palo Verde Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Hills
Palo Verde
Palo Verde Peak
Thumb Peak

Latitude: 33°22'47"N
Longitude: 114°49'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.379722222222,-114.82388888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Quartz Rutile

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	156846,156852,156860,156864	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	156846,156855	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	156852	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	156853,156858	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	156846,156852	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	156848	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	156846,156852,156855	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	156838,156842,156850,156858,156859	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	156838	312

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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