Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Banner, Banner District, San Diego Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 168
Youngest recorded age at locality: 161

mindat Locality ID: 211590
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211590.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Banner, Banner District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Banner Horseshoe Prospect
Banner Queen Prospect
Blue Bird Prospect
C. B. Mine (Ben Johnson Mine; Gold Ray Mine; Gold Reef Mine; Cold Beef Mine)
Cash Entry Group
Challenger Prospect
Cincinnati Belle Mine (Cincinnati Mine)
Desert Queen Group
Elevada And Aguajito Group (Agua Jito Mine; Elcuado Mine)
Empire Claim (Empire Apex Claim)
Felden Deposit (Feldon Deposit; Felden & Holloway Prospect)
Gold Luck Prospect
Golden Ella Prospect
Golden Lola Prospect
Golden Sugar Mine
Good Shepard Prospect
Granite Mountain
Hidden Treasure Mine
Home Builders Prospect
Homestead Prospect (Treasure Hill; Reed Group; Banner Gold; Poor Mans Group; Chariot No. 4 Claim; Chariot No. 5 Claim)
Jaques Prospect
Kentucky Mine Group (Kentuck Group; Cincinnati Claim; Cincinnati Belle Mine; Kentucky Claim; Kentuck South; Hidden Treasure; Gold Leaf Claim; Wedge Claim; Contact Claim; South Kentucky Claim)
Mascot
Melrose Mine (North Star; Stanley; Apex; Melrose; Homestake)
Ranchito Mine (Ranchita Mine)
Ready Relief Mine (Redman Mine; Bailey Brothers Mine)
Redman Mine
San Felipe Garnet Mine
San Felipe Mine
Seventy-Six Claim
Smitty Prospect
South Hubbard
Sulphur Springs Claim
Sunrise Mine
Unnamed Au Prospect (2)
Unnamed Graphite Prospect
Unnamed W Deposit (2)
Unnamed W Deposit (3)
Unnamed W Prospect (5)
Unnamed W Prospect (7)
Unnamed Wollastonite Prospect
Unspecified Garnet Occurrence

Latitude: 33°2'49"N
Longitude: 116°31'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.046944444444,-116.52222222222

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.

Alum	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite

Alum-(K) ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As B C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Amphibole Arsenopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Tourmaline Wollastonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	174331	92
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	174322	244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	174337	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	174322	5171
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	168	161	1	174333	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	168	161	2	174333,174336	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	174336	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	174341	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	168	161	2	174333,174347	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	174336	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	174337	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	174314	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	174337	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	174337	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	174314,174336	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	174314,174336,174342	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	174330	2705
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	168	161	1	174333	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	174346	1247

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-44520	168	161	164+4/-3					44520						256606	San Felipe Garnet Mine, Banner, Banner District, San Diego Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...