Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slate Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 448.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 129.1

mindat Locality ID: 210622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slate Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Copper Crystal Mine
Myers Mine
Ophir Mine
Pilot Nitrate Field (Pilot Beds)
Silver Belt Mine
Slate Range District (Arondo District)
Southern View Mine
Straw Peak
Sweepstakes Occurrence
Tank Canyon Mine

Latitude: 35°44'42"N
Longitude: 117°9'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.745,-117.15972222222

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Gadolinite	None	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag B Ca Cl Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Gadolinite None Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Datolite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	448.1	129.1	0		718
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	448.1	129.1	0		1382
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O			2	173890,173899	144
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	448.1	129.1	0		498
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	448.1	129.1	0		14899
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	173890	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)			1	173890	91
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	173908	1711
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	173908	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01442_206_238	129.1	129.1	129.1	206_238	zircon	Zircon	88928	Lone View And San Francisco Mines (Lone View; Lone View Claim; Alta Silver Group), Straw Peak, Slate Range District (Arondo District), Slate Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01442_207_206	448.1	448.1	448.1	207_206	zircon	Zircon	88928	Lone View And San Francisco Mines (Lone View; Lone View Claim; Alta Silver Group), Straw Peak, Slate Range District (Arondo District), Slate Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01442_207_235	147.1	147.1	147.1	207_235	zircon	Zircon	88928	Lone View And San Francisco Mines (Lone View; Lone View Claim; Alta Silver Group), Straw Peak, Slate Range District (Arondo District), Slate Range, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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