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Locality Name:
Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Head Of Tick Canyon
North Of The Sterling Mine
South Of The Sterling Mine
Tick Canyon Borate Deposit

Latitude: 34°25'56"N
Longitude: 118°23'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.432222222222,-118.39138888889
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 As B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCorundumCristobaliteGadolinite
MordeniteNatroliteNonePyriteQuartzStibniteVeatchite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Borax  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Colemanite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Datolite  (*)Hematite  (*)Howlite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Priceite  (*)Probertite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Tincalconite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ulexite  (*)Veatchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3161194,161195,1611981627
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11611989052
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O116119876
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116119727770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11611981252
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O1161198144
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1161198498
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)5116119836
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O0405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2161194,1611951236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O116119833
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O116119829
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116119839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116119861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1161198712
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311611983418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1161198589
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O116119829
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211611982562
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O1161198160
Veatchite  (*)VeatchiteSr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O116119812


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