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:
China Lake [town], Kern Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 212739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "China Lake [town], Kern Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
China Lake
China Lake Naval Ordnance Station

Latitude: 35°43'16"N
Longitude: 117°39'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.721111111111,-117.65111111111

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	None	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: Al B C Ca Cl H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime None Quartz Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Borax ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Halite ()*	Quartz ()*
Searlesite ()*	Ulexite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	159245	1627
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	159245	76
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	159245	57
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	159245	1398
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	159246	61156
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	1	159245	34
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	2	159245,159246	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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