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:
George Canyon (George F. Canyon), Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 216142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "George Canyon (George F. Canyon), Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unspecified Mn Occurrence

Latitude: 33°46'18"N
Longitude: 118°19'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.771666666667,-118.32611111111

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.

Ardennite	Braunite	Lawsonite	None

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 Ba Ca H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ardennite Braunite Lawsonite None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Braunite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Sursassite ()*	Todorokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	161282	483
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	161282	121
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	1	161282	24
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	161282	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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