Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Lake Tecopa Zeolite Deposit, Lake Tecopa Basin, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Tecopa Zeolite Deposit, Lake Tecopa Basin, Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°55'21"N
Longitude: 116°14'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.9225,-116.24138888889

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	Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Mica	None	Smectite-vermiculite	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: Al B C Ca H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Calcite Clay Cristobalite Mica None Smectite-vermiculite Tridymite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Searlesite ()*	Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	34
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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