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:
Wister, Imperial Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 222166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wister, Imperial Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
California Route 111 Mound Springs
Unidentified Crushed Stone Quarry [9]

Latitude: 33°20'12"N
Longitude: 115°34'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.336666666667,-115.58

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	None	Northupite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Ba C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite None Northupite Quartz Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Halite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Northupite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Quartz ()*
Strontianite ()*	Thénardite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	156893	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	156893	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	156893	9895
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	156893	1398
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	156893	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	156893	1487
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	156893	80
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	1	156893	31
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	156893	102
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	156893	61156
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	156893	589
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	156893	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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