Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sheep Creek Spring, Avawatz Mts (Avawatz Range), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 290515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sheep Creek Spring, Avawatz Mts (Avawatz Range), San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Avawatz Gypsum Prospect Group
Boston Valley Salt Prospect
Jumbo Salt Prospect
King Salt Prospect
Rob Roy Mine
Salt Basin Prospect
Sheep Creek Mine (Sheep Creek Deposits; Lamb Brothers)
Unnamed Gypsum Prospect [2]

Latitude: 35°36'28"N
Longitude: 116°24'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.607777777778,-116.40972222222

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.

Baryte	Clay	Gypsum	None	Rocksalt	Talc

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: Ca Cl H Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Gypsum None Rocksalt Talc

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	4	170498,170499,170500,170503	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	170498,170499,170503,170505	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	5	170498,170499,170500,170501,170503	1398
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	170504	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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