Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pinto Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 215208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinto Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 61
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dale District (Virginia Dale District)
Sentinal Claims

Latitude: 34°4'20"N
Longitude: 115°49'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.072222222222,-115.82527777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	None	Polybasite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Titanite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stephanite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote None Polybasite
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	172846	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	172852	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	172865,172891	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	172853,172891	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	172846	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	172891	1382
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	172853,172891	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	172846	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	172853	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	172847,172850,172856,172861	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	172835	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	172847,172853,172859	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	172835	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	172847,172853,172859	14899
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	172846	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	172846	1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	172850,172856,172861,172864	61156
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	172846	586
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	172835	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	172853	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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