Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hector, Cady Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 276422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hector, Cady Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hector Bentonite Mine No. 1 (Company No. 1 Mine; Hector Mine)
Hector Bentonite Mine No. 2
Unnamed Borate Deposits
Unnamed U Occurrence

Latitude: 34°52'19"N
Longitude: 116°21'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.871944444444,-116.35416666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel	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: B C Ca F Fe H Li Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay None Not in a structural group Spinel Zircon

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Hectorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	170928	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	170925	27770
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	1	170927	144
Hectorite ()*	Clay	Na_0.3(Mg,Li)₃Si₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂·nH₂O	2	170925,170926	19
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	170928	14899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	170928	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050134	Hector, Cady Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050134

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