Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saltus, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 291188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saltus, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bristol Dry Lake Pit [1] (National Chloride Co. Of America; National Chloride Co. Salt Evaporator; Hollar Chemical Co.; Saline Products Co.; Bristol Dry Lake)
Bristol Dry Lake Pit [2] (Bristol Lake Quarry)
California Salt Company Mine (Consumers Salt Company; California Rock Salt Company)
Leslie Salt Company Salt Mine
Saltus Mine And Mill
Unnamed Au Prospect [160]

Latitude: 34°29'14"N
Longitude: 115°41'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.487222222222,-115.69388888889

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	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	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: C Ca Cl H Na O S Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Antarcticite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	173296	1588
Antarcticite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCl₂·6H₂O	1	173296	11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	173296	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	173296	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	173296,173297	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	173296,173298,173299,173300	1398

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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