Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 19.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.6

mindat Locality ID: 270812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA": 123
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 115

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black Mountain
Garlock
Goler Heights
Last Chance Canyon
Red Buttes
Ricardo

Latitude: 35°25'24"N
Longitude: 117°52'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.423333333333,-117.8725

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Thomsonite

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Ulexite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Analcime Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper
Fluorite Malachite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Thomsonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	159410	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	159499	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	159442	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	159396,159496	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	159499	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	159499,159503	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	159499	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			10	159383,159385,159388,159392,159396,159397,159407,159428,159459,159475	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	159412	376
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	159398,159445	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	159395,159478	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19.8	16.2	22	159384,159391,159395,159411,159416,159422,159424,159426,159427,159430,159432,159437,159439,159440,159456,159457,159470,159477,159478,159490,159491,159494	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	159383,159397,159496	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	159499	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	159434,159493	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	159499	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	159499	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			5	159447,159448,159450,159497,159499	2994
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	159415	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	159383,159392	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			22	159385,159386,159388,159389,159392,159395,159396,159397,159399,159402,159404,159406,159407,159438,159449,159459,159460,159469,159475,159478,159496,159499	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	159383,159385,159410	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	159395	21482
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O			1	159468	64
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	159499	452
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			1	159499	160
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	159413	1655

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-12532	17.6	16.6	17.1±0.5	whole rock	12532	271540	Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12533	15.6	14.6	15.1±0.5	whole rock	12533	271540	Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12534	19.5	16.3	17.9±1.6	whole rock	12534	271540	Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12540	19.8	16.2	18±1.8		12540	80466	Scorpion Claim, Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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