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:
Volcan Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 219101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volcan Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ranchita

Latitude: 33°12'18"N
Longitude: 116°32'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.205,-116.54861111111

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Scheelite

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 Cs Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Scheelite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clintonite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	175199	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	175185	27198
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	175192	86
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	175199	140
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	175185	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	175189,175194,175196	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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