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:
Amargosa Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 211184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amargosa Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eagle Mountain
East Eagle Mountain Occurrences
East Eagle Mountain Prospects
Evelyn
Gold Junction Quarry (Gold Junction Tunnel Site)
Terry Mine (Terry Borate Mine; Terry Pit; Terry Deposit)

Latitude: 36°12'52"N
Longitude: 116°22'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.214444444444,-116.375

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	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Borax ()*	Calcite ()*	Colemanite ()*
Darapskite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*
Nitratine ()*	Tincalconite ()*	Trona ()*

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 C Ca Cl H Mg N Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	157063,157064	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	157064	27770
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	1	157064	144
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	0		31
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	0		137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	1	157064	42
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	0		91
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O	0		29
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	0		129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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