Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rincon, Rincon District, San Diego Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 221838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rincon, Rincon District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ditch Mountain
Mesa Mountain
Rincon Mountain
Unnamed Gemstone Prospect (1)
Unnamed Gemstone Prospects (2)
Unnamed Gemstone Prospects (3)
Unnamed Prospect (1)
Unnamed Prospect (2)

Latitude: 33°16'20"N
Longitude: 116°57'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.272222222222,-116.95361111111

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Topaz
Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismutite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Helvine ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote
Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite Spinel Topaz
Tourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	175051,175056,175057,175058,175071	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	175071	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	175051,175056,175057,175058,175071	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	175071	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	175071	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	175071	716
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	175071	181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	175071	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	175057,175071	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	175057,175058	2740
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	175057	237
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	175071	1271
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2	175057,175071	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	175057	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	175056,175057,175071	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	175051,175056,175057,175058,175071	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	175071	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	175058,175071	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	175057	124
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	175051,175056,175057,175058,175071	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	175056,175057,175058,175071	2705
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	175058,175071	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	175051,175057,175071	688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	175058	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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