Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Desert Hot Springs, Little San Bernardino Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 217911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desert Hot Springs, Little San Bernardino Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Blind Canyon
Cactus Hill Mine
East Wide Canyon Iron-Titanium Deposit
Hager-Kale Claim
Indian Copper Mine
Johnson Deposit
Mission Creek Alluvial Fan
Unnamed Au Prospect [76]
Unnamed Fe-Ti Prospect [1]
Unnamed Marble Deposit [1]

Latitude: 33°59'7"N
Longitude: 116°26'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.985277777778,-116.44888888889

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.

Allanite	Brucite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	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: Al Ca Ce Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Brucite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar None Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Brucite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	169260	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	169260	706
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	169254	462
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	169260	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	169256	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	169256,169262	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	169256,169260,169262	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	169260	61156
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	169259	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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