Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.05

mindat Locality ID: 215377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Amboy Crater
Amboy Deposits (Consolidated Pacific; Pacific Consolidated; Bristol Dry Lake)
Amboy Sink
Silver Creator Placer
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit [14]
Unnamed Sr Prospect [5]

Latitude: 34°31'33"N
Longitude: 115°46'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.525833333333,-115.76666666667

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.

Baryte	Gypsum	None	Olivine	Rocksalt	Spinel

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: Ba Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Gypsum None Olivine Rocksalt Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	170407	11547
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0.15	0.05	1	170404	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	170405,170406,170408	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	170406	1398
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.15	0.05	1	170404	14899
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	0.15	0.05	1	170404	120

18 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-29206	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29206	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29207	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29207	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29208	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29208	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29209	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29209	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29210	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29210	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29211	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29211	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29212	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29212	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29213	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29213	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29214	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29214	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29215	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29215	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29216	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29216	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29217	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29217	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29218	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29218	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29219	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29219	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29220	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29220	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29221	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29221	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29222	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29222	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29223	0.15	0.05	0.1±0.05	29223	87975	Amboy Crater, Amboy, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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