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Locality Name:
San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 218298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Juan Capistrano, Orange Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Capistrano Deposit
Crestline Quarry
Gladdin-McBean Company North Mine
Mission Viejo Sand Plant (Mission Viejo Clay Pit)
San Juan Capistrano Beach
San Juan Capistrano Meteorite
San Juan Capistrano Point
San Juan Capistrano Point Area
San Juan Pit
Unnamed Clay Pit

Latitude: 33°29'50"N
Longitude: 117°36'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.497222222222,-117.60527777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 H K Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayEpidoteGypsumMicaNonePyroxene

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Muscovite  (*)Piemontite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61166537966
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61166536944
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11665376890
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2116653517380
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1166538260


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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