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:
South California Borderland, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 227799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South California Borderland, Pacific Ocean": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Adam Seamount
Ben Seamount
Flint Seamount
Hoss Seamount
Little Joe Seamount
Rodriguez Seamount
San Marcos Seamount

Latitude: 32°8'42"N
Longitude: 121°21'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.145,-121.35222222222

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Mica	Natrolite	None
Quartz

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Mica Natrolite None
Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Todorokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	95256,95257	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	3	95253,95255,95257	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	95253,95254,95255,95256	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	95253,95257,95258,95259	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	95254,95257,95258	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	95253,95254,95255,95257	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	95258	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	95253,95255,95256,95257,95258	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	95253	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	95256	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	95253,95254,95255,95256,95257,95258,95259	61156
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	6	95253,95254,95255,95256,95257,95259	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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