Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Twentynine Palms, Twentynine Palms District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Twentynine Palms, Twentynine Palms District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Mesquite Lake (Palma Lake Playa; Dry Lake)
Twentynine Palms Nitrate Field
Unnamed Ag Prospect [36]
Unnamed Kasolite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence [2]
Unnamed U Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 34°10'26"N
Longitude: 116°2'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.173888888889,-116.03638888889

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.

Calcite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Ca H K N Na O Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Feldspar Fluorite None Quartz Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Borax ()*	Galena ()*	Kasolite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	174041	76
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	174044	198
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	174042	91
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	174046	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	174045	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	174046	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	0		890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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