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Locality Name:
Plaster City, Imperial Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 222226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plaster City, Imperial Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Coyote Mountains Nickel Prospect (Coyote Mountains Nickel Deposit; Copper Contact Lode)
Shell Group Placer Mine
Superstition Mountain Feldspar Deposit (Superstition Mtn Feldspar Deposit; Graham And Jackson Claims; Graham-Jackson Deposit)
Yuha Basin

Latitude: 32°50'28"N
Longitude: 115°51'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.841111111111,-115.85444444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 H Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayEpsomiteFeldsparGypsumNoneQuartzSerpentine

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Epsomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Morenosite  (*)Népouite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11568708803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41156868708
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41156868951
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1156868484
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11568716890
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O115686884
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4115686866
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2115687161156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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