Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Deep Springs Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 212826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deep Springs Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Deep Springs
Deep Springs Lake (Deep Springs Playa)
Oriental Mine
Unnamed Leucite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 37°18'47"N
Longitude: 118°1'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.313055555556,-118.02444444444

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.

Acanthite	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Mica	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite

Acanthite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Blödite ()*	Burkeite ()*
Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Halite ()*
Leucite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*
Natrite ()*	Pirssonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sylvite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Trona ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Aphthitalite Aragonite Blödite Calcite Clay Mica None Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	157508	2793
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	157505	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	157505	3250
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	157505	130
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	1	157505	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	157505	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	157505	9895
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	157505	57
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	157505	137
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	157505	1398
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	157509	233
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	157505	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	157506	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	157506	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1	157505	78
Natrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)	1	157507	19
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	1	157505	19
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	157503	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	157503	4894
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	157508	586
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	157505,157507	275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	157505,157507	299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	1	157505	64
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	157505	129
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	157506	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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