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:
Trabuco Canyon [town], Santa Ana Mts, Orange Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 218386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trabuco Canyon [town], Santa Ana Mts, Orange Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Hicks Canyon Prospect (Joplin Ranch Mine)
Platz Quarry
Santa Ana Mines (Santa Ana Tin Mine)
Trabuco Canyon
Unnamed Sand & Clay Mine (1)
Wilhunt Mine (Morrow Group; Wilhunt Lead - Silver Mine)
Yaegerr Mines (Yeager Claim; Quartz)

Latitude: 33°40'42"N
Longitude: 117°32'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.678333333333,-117.53472222222

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.

Arcanite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arcanite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arcanite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	1	166606	30
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	166608	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	166612	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	166611	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	166609	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	166603	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	166611,166612	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	166612	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	166612	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	166611,166612	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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