Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fish Creek Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 211121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fish Creek Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
American-Portland Cement Company Mine (California-Portland Cement Company)
Blue Diamond Corp. Deposit (Houck Tract 71 Deposit)
Bonanza Queen Mine
California Portland Cement Company (Chaplin Deposit)
Campbell Prospect
Daisy Mine (Swallow Placer No. 2)
Dixieland Limestone Claim
Empire Marble Mountain & Mammoth Deposit (Empire Marble Mt & Mamoth)
Fish Mountain Silica Deposit (Fish Mtn Silica Deposit)
Gypsum King Placer
Hanks Lost Mine Prospect
Imperial Gypsum Deposit (Pacific Portland Cement; California Gypsum Group; Tracts 68; 69; 70; 78; Ward; Gillette; Imperial Gypsum And Oil Corporation)
Imperial Gypsum Mine
National Gypsum Company (Blanc; Kipp; Carrizo)
Plaster City Quarry (Fish Creek Quarry)
Roberts And Peeler Mine (Peeler & Roberts Mine; Roberts Celestite Mine)
Shoveler-Annex Quarry
Swallow And South Pole Placers
Tract 72 Gypsum Deposit
U. S. Gypsum Company Deposit A (U. S. Gypsum Company Deposit)
U. S. Gypsum Company Deposit C
Unnamed Baryte Prospect [2]
Unnamed Limestone Deposit [1]
Unnamed Sr Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Zn-Cu Prospect [1]
Waters Limestone Deposit

Latitude: 33°0'0"N
Longitude: 116°3'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33,-116.05333333333

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	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu H Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*

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)	2	156741,156751	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	156742	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	156761	11547
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	156755,156763	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	14	156741,156743,156745,156749,156751,156752,156753,156754,156755,156756,156757,156758,156759,156760	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	156741	1398
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	156742	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	156750	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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