Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 209215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ivanpah Mts, Ivanpah District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 127
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 124

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kessler Peak
Kokoweef Peak (Kokoweep Peak; Koko Weef Mountain)
Mineral Spring
Unnamed Chlorite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 35°24'13"N
Longitude: 115°29'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.403611111111,-115.48611111111

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

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

36 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	1	171873	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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	171860,171873	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	171859,171860,171891	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	171873,171901,171902	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	171873	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	171860,171873,171894,171901,171913	27198
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
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	171877,171878,171913	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	171867,171873,171889	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	171873,171901,171902	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	171873	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	171869,171873,171875	30554
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
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	171912	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	171859,171873,171877,171917	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	171859,171913	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	171860,171873	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	171869,171873,171875,171878,171894	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	171859,171860,171877,171878,171891	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	171873,171902	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	171873,171902	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	171873	73
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.

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