Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ivanpah District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ivanpah District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 176
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 164

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ivanpah Mts
Ivanpah Valley
Mescal Range
Striped Mountain
Teutonia Peak

Latitude: 35°22'36"N
Longitude: 115°30'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.376666666667,-115.51055555556

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Iron	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite Epidote Fluorite Iron Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite Wollastonite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	171873,171986	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	171859,171873,171877,171917	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	29	171873,171896,171897,171898,171899,171907,171924,171932,171933,171934,171936,171938,171939,171941,171942,171943,171944,171946,171947,171948,171949,171950,171951,171952,171953,171954,171955,171958,171973	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	171873	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	171913,171917	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	171986	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	171860,171873,172004	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	171859,171860,171891	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	171873,171901,171902,172004	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	171873	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	171860,171873,171894,171901,171913	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	171986	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	171993	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	171877	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	171859,171917	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	171873	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	171873	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	172022	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	171877,171878,171913	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	171984	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	171867,171873,171889	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	171993	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	171873,171901,171902,171986	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	171873	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	171869,171873,171875,172007	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	171995	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	171902	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	171902	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	171902	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	171993	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	171995	1089
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	171912	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	171859,171873,171877,171917,172004	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	171859,171913	2273
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	172000,172004	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	171860,171873	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	171869,171873,171875,171878,171894,172007	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	6	171859,171860,171877,171878,171891,172022	4894
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	171995	374
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	171873,171902	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	171873,171902,171986	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	171993	1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	171873	73
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	172007	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	171995	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	171873	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	171860	2562
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	1	171873	46
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	171860	1247
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	171873	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050013	Cima, Ivanpah Valley, Ivanpah District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050013

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