Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Owl Hole Springs, Owlshead Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 210333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Owl Hole Springs, Owlshead Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Black Magic Mines (Emma Deposit; Ruby J. Mine)
Ellie Iron Mine
Owl Hole Deposit (Owl Hole Gypsum Prospect Group; Owl Hole Spring Deposit)
Owls Head Celestite Prospect (Owlshead)
Owls Spring Prospect
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [102]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [5]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [6] (Quartz Prospect)
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [7] (Quartz Prospect)
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [8] (Quartz Prospect)
Unnamed Borate-Nitrate Occurrences [1]
Unnamed Clay Prospect
Unnamed Epsomite Deposit [1]
Unnamed Fe-Mn Prospect [1]
Unnamed Fe-Mn-Silica Prospect [1] (Iron Prospect; Unnamed Prospect)
Unnamed Fe-Mn-Silica Prospect [2] (Iron Prospect; Unnamed Prospect)
Unnamed Gold-Silver Prospect [106]
Unnamed Silica-Au-Ag Prospect [1] (Quartz Prospect)

Latitude: 35°40'24"N
Longitude: 116°42'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.673333333333,-116.71555555556

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Colemanite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Gaylussite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*	Priceite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca H N Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Epsomite Gypsum Mica None Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	172787,172790	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	172787,172788	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	172790,172791	1252
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	1	172798	144
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	172800	484
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	0		57
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	172790,172791	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	172790,172791	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	172787,172788	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	172787	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	172798	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	0		91
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	0		33
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	172787,172788	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	172787,172788	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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