Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Avawatz Mts (Avawatz Range), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 209980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avawatz Mts (Avawatz Range), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amargosa River Area
Avawatz Crown Mine
Cave Spring
Goodwater Mine (Crackerjack Bonanza)
Northern Foothills
Sheep Creek Spring
Unnamed Mn Occurrence [12]
Unnamed Sr Deposit [6]
Unspecified Occurrences

Latitude: 35°28'1"N
Longitude: 116°22'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.466944444444,-116.36888888889

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

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 Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Gypsum None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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	170489	1588
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	5	170498,170499,170500,170503,170507	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	170490	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	170490	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	170508	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	170498,170499,170503,170505,170508	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	6	170498,170499,170500,170501,170503,170508	1398
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	170508	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	170490	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	170504	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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