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Locality Name:
Santa Ana Mts, Orange Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 211937
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211937.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Ana Mts, Orange Co., California, USA": 71
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bald Peak
Beeks Place
Coto De Caza
Foothill Ranch
Gypsum Canyon
Ladera Ranch
Phoenix Mine
Portola Hills
Rancho Santa Margarita
Santiago Canyon
Silverado
Trabuco Canyon [town]

Latitude: 33°42'19"N
Longitude: 117°35'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.705277777778,-117.59166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArcaniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperGypsumKaoliniteMelanterite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arcanite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11665992793
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11665563250
Arcanite  (*)ArcaniteK2(SO4)116660630
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2166579,16658727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211666085171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11665824979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116661227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211665879895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7166567,166579,166581,166583,166587,166599,16661124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3166584,166593,16660930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2166545,1665486890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411666035591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1166585915
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32166579,1665871425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26166567,166579,166583,166587,166611,16661239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811665579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23166579,166587,16661261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11666125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6166567,166579,166583,166587,166611,16661221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311665833418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311665875317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11665445251


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