Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 218692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Meridian Claim
Mott Prospect (Mott Colemanite Prospect; Mott Open Cut)
South Meridian Claim
Twenty Mule Team Road Occurrences
Unnamed Borate Occurrence [28]
Unnamed Borate Occurrence [29]
Unnamed Borate Prospects [18]
Unnamed Borate Prospects [19]
Unnamed Borate Prospects [20]
Unnamed Borate Prospects [22]
Unnamed Borate Prospects [23]

Latitude: 36°23'48"N
Longitude: 116°47'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.396666666667,-116.78361111111

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.

Analcime	Clay	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Aristarainite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Ginorite ()*	Gowerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hungchaoite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Mcallisterite ()*
Meyerhofferite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nobleite ()*	Priceite ()*	Sassolite ()*
Sborgite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Wardsmithite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Clay Gypsum None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	157571,157573	1627
Aristarainite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Mg[B₆O₈(OH)₄]₂·4H₂O	1	157573	4
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	9	157571,157572,157573,157574,157577,157578,157579,157580,157581	144
Ginorite ()*	None	Ca₂B₁₄O₂₀(OH)₆·5H₂O	2	157572,157573	11
Gowerite ()*	None	Ca[B₅O₈(OH)][B(OH)₃]·3H₂O	4	157571,157572,157573,157576	13
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	157572	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	157574	1398
Hungchaoite ()*	None	MgB₄O₅(OH)₄·7H₂O	3	157571,157573,157575	6
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	1	157572	42
Mcallisterite ()*	None	Mg₂[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₂·9H₂O	3	157571,157572,157573	9
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	1	157572	23
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	157571	1508
Nobleite ()*	None	CaB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O	3	157571,157573,157576	11
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	3	157571,157572,157574	33
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	2	157572,157573	31
Sborgite ()*	None	NaB₅O₆(OH)₄·3H₂O	2	157573,157574	6
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	157574	299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	0		64
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	3	157571,157572,157573	160
Wardsmithite ()*	None	Ca₅Mg(B₄O₇)₆·30H₂O	1	157573	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050420	Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050420
R070305	Mott Prospect (Mott Colemanite Prospect; Mott Open Cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070305

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