Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bighorn Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bighorn Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
One Hole Spring
Rattlesnake Spring

Latitude: 34°18'56"N
Longitude: 116°39'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.315555555556,-116.6575

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.

Beryl	Brannerite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile
Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Brannerite Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile
Scheelite Spinel Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	170731	8803
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	170731	248
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	170731	1008
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	170731	414
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	170731	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	170731	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	170731	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	170728,170731	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	170731	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	170731	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	170731	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	170750	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	170731	1516
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	170731	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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