Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Argus District, Argus Range (Argus Mountains; Darwin Range; Tortoise Mountains), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.032
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.0245

mindat Locality ID: 290122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argus District, Argus Range (Argus Mountains; Darwin Range; Tortoise Mountains), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Argus
Trona

Latitude: 35°45'8"N
Longitude: 117°23'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.752222222222,-117.39666666667

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.

Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Colemanite ()*	Halite ()*	Hanksite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	0.032	0.0245	1	170441	144
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0.032	0.0245	2	170437,170439	1398
Hanksite ()*	None	KNa₂₂(SO₄)₉(CO₃)₂Cl	0.032	0.0245	1	170441	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.032	0.0245	1	170433	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.032	0.0245	1	170433	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.032	0.0245	1	170433	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0060	Searles Lake is an endorheic dry lake mined for industrial minerals.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0060	0.032	0.0245	0.032-0.0245	14C, 230TH	Age of upper salt					Yes				220705	Well G.75, Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	Searles Lake	Peng et al. (1978)	10.1016/0033-5894(78)90036-4	QR9_319	Age of upper salt formation containing hanksite. Hanksite is more common in the 10.5-6 kya lower salt formation.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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