Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bear Valley District, San Bernardino Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Valley District, San Bernardino Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 74

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Big Bear City
Fawnskin (Grout)
Furnace Spring
Unnamed Aragonite Occurrence [1]
Unspecified Pb Occurrence [1]
White Mountain

Latitude: 34°19'42"N
Longitude: 116°56'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.328333333333,-116.94138888889

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Melilite	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Franklinite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hardystonite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hetaerolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zincite ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Melilite None Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Wollastonite Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	173406	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	173444	3250
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	173414	88
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	173388,173406,173414	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	173388,173445	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	173391	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	173406	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	173406	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	173414	2740
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	1	173406	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	173395	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	173387,173389,173391,173409,173415,173419,173427,173428,173435,173449,173450,173456,173457,173458	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	173406	1544
Hardystonite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇	1	173406	14
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	173406	14640
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	173406	73
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	173406	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	173406	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	173391,173395	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	173387,173388,173389,173391,173406,173415,173419,173421,173428,173435,173450,173456,173457,173458	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	173395	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	173426,173427	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	173395	2718
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	173406,173414	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	173406,173414	1247
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1	173406	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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