Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pinacate District, Riverside Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 295044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinacate District, Riverside Co., California, USA": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 84

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lake Elsinore
Perris
Terra Cotta

Latitude: 33°43'44"N
Longitude: 117°19'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.728888888889,-117.32583333333

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bementite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*

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 As Au C Ca Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Arsenopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	169537	9052
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	169477	173
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	169474,169481	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	169536	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	169517	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	169517	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	169553	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	169513	1507
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	169486	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	169485	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	169485	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	169477	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	169517	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	169477	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	169481,169485,169515	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	169477	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	169510,169548	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	169485	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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