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:
Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 25093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°20'6"N
Longitude: 116°42'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.335,-116.70277777778

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	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	None	Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Ginorite ()*	Gowerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hungchaoite ()*	Inderite ()*	Kurnakovite ()*	Mcallisterite ()*
Meyerhofferite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nobleite ()*	Priceite ()*
Rivadavite ()*	Sborgite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Wardsmithite ()*

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 C Ca H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca H Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Gypsum None Smectite-vermiculite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	144
Ginorite ()*	None	Ca₂B₁₄O₂₀(OH)₆·5H₂O	11
Gowerite ()*	None	Ca[B₅O₈(OH)][B(OH)₃]·3H₂O	13
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hungchaoite ()*	None	MgB₄O₅(OH)₄·7H₂O	6
Inderite ()*	None	MgB₃O₃(OH)₅·5H₂O	13
Kurnakovite ()*	None	MgB₃O₃(OH)₅·5H₂O	15
Mcallisterite ()*	None	Mg₂[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₂·9H₂O	9
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	23
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Nobleite ()*	None	CaB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O	11
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	33
Rivadavite ()*	None	Na₆Mg[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₄·10H₂O	4
Sborgite ()*	None	NaB₅O₆(OH)₄·3H₂O	6
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	160
Wardsmithite ()*	None	Ca₅Mg(B₄O₇)₆·30H₂O	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060847	Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060847

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