Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Big Maria Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 211557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Maria Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Hill
Black Point
Cox
Styx

Latitude: 33°50'16"N
Longitude: 114°40'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.837777777778,-114.67888888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Th W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	168778,168782,168786	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	168786	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	168779,168823	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	168800	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	168778,168786	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	6	168778,168780,168782,168786,168801,168812	3531
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	168806	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	168778,168780,168782,168786,168803,168806,168807,168813	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	168778	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	168778	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	168782,168786	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	168801	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	168778,168782,168786,168806	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	168778,168780,168782,168786,168806,168812	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	168800	2273
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	168786	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	168778,168782,168803,168806,168807,168812	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	168793	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	168803	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	168807,168812	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	168806	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	168782	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	168800	1006
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	168778,168813	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	6	168779,168792,168794,168803,168819,168823	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	168806,168813	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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