Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 22
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17

mindat Locality ID: 209246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ord District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 147
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 136

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fry Mts
Gold Brick Mine
Lucky Strike Mine
Newberry Mts
Ord Mts

Latitude: 34°40'1"N
Longitude: 116°45'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.666944444444,-116.75888888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Cyanotrichite	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Heulandite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Spangolite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Creedite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heulandite-Sr ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spangolite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cl

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Cyanotrichite Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Heulandite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Spangolite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	172727	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	172727	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	172594,172601,172631	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	172692	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	172688,172689,172691,172692	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			6	172679,172688,172689,172691,172692,172696	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	172680,172688,172690	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	172691	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	172664,172688,172691,172727	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂			1	172689	94
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	172688,172690	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	172680,172688,172689,172690,172691	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	22	17	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			4	172681,172688,172689,172691	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	172691	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	172681	3846
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O			1	172691	48
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			1	172691	179
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	172692	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	172676	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	172688,172692,172727	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			8	172626,172689,172691,172692,172695,172696,172730,172731	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			15	172595,172596,172598,172602,172603,172605,172611,172623,172629,172632,172664,172666,172667,172688,172692	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	172692	6890
Heulandite-Sr ()*	Heulandite	(Sr,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·24H₂O			1	172692	9
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	172691	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	172676	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	172687	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	172688,172689,172691,172692	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	172593	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	172694	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	172692	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	172688	17380
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl			1	172692	71
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	172694	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	172601,172688	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			27	172593,172594,172595,172596,172598,172600,172601,172602,172603,172605,172606,172611,172623,172629,172631,172632,172633,172664,172666,172667,172681,172688,172689,172690,172691,172693,172730	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			4	172686,172688,172727,172732	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	172726	1516
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O			1	172691	105
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	172688	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	172692	4899

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-19661	22	18	20±2					19661						89686	Turner Prospect (American Eagle), Newberry Peak, Newberry Mts, Ord District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-58127	20	17	18+2/-1					58127						89686	Turner Prospect (American Eagle), Newberry Peak, Newberry Mts, Ord District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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