Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Orange Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orange Co., California, USA": 129
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 91

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Anaheim
Dana Point [cape]
El Toro
Fountain Valley
Galivan
Huntington Beach
Irvine
Laguna Beach
Laguna Woods
Lake Forest
Newport Beach
Olive
Placentia
Rancho Santa Margarita
San Clemente
San Juan Capistrano
Santa Ana Mts
Tustin
Yorba Linda

Latitude: 33°40'6"N
Longitude: 117°44'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.668333333333,-117.735

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	Aragonite	Arcanite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epidote
Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arcanite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Aragonite Arcanite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epidote
Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	166599	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	166537	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	166493	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	166556	3250
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	1	166606	30
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	166614,166616	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	166579,166587	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	166608	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	166582	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	166497,166612	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	166616	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	166587	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	166536	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	166567,166579,166581,166583,166587,166599,166611	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	166584,166593,166609	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	166499	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	166507,166514,166537,166545,166548	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	166603	5591
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	1	166515	38
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	166585	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	166616	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2	166614,166616	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	166509,166535	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	166511	2994
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	166538	260
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	166579,166587	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	166567,166579,166583,166587,166611,166612	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	166497,166557	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	166515,166579,166587,166612	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	166612	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	166497,166567,166579,166583,166587,166611,166612	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	166583	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	166587	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	166544	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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