Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niland, Imperial Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 209965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niland, Imperial Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Davis–Schrimpf Fumarole Field (Mud Volcanoes Area; Mud Pots Area)
Imperial Irrigation District No. 1 Mine (Imperial Irrigation Dist. No. 1)
Obsidian Butte
River Ranches No. 1 Mine
Sportsman No. 1 Mine
Superlite Pumice Deposit
Unspecified U Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 33°11'42"N
Longitude: 115°35'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.195,-115.59416666667

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.

Alunite	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Voltaite

Anhydrite ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Nitratine ()*	Pentahydrite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Blödite Calcite Chalcanthite Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Starkeyite Sulphur Tamarugite Voltaite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	156801	1588
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	156801	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	156801	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	156801	2600
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	156801	484
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	156803	371
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	156801	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	156801	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	156801	251
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	156801	254
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	156801	91
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	156801	32
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	156801	265
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	156801	105
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	156801	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	156801	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	156801	87
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	156801	299
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	156810	890
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	156801	111

1 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-29575	1.8	0	0.9±0.9					29575						77173	Superlite Pumice Deposit, Niland, Imperial Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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