Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 210204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Owens Lake
Unspecified U Occurrence [3]

Latitude: 36°27'46"N
Longitude: 117°56'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.462777777778,-117.94333333333

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.

Analcime	Autunite	None	Rocksalt	Sulphur

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 H K Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Autunite None Rocksalt Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Autunite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Halite ()*
Kalinite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Natron ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thermonatrite ()*
Trona ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	158357	1627
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	158360	1272
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	1	158357	47
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	158357	57
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	158357	1398
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	158357	54
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	158357	223
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	1	158357	51
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	158358	2045
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	1	158357	64
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	158357	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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