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Locality Name:
Carrizo Mountain, Coyote Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 296697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrizo Mountain, Coyote Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Black Lady Mine (Shell Canyon; Trenchard Claim; Copper Contact Lode; Coyote Mountain; Black Lady Group; Cevn Group)
Coyote Mountains Deposit (Golden State Mining And Marble; Southern California Marble; Creole Marble; Columbia Cement)
Coyote Mountains Gypsum & Sulfur Mine (Coyote Mt Gypsum & Sulfur; Swallow Deposit; Coyote Mountain Gypsum & Sulfur)
Coyote Mountains Silica Deposit (Southern California Marble And Development Company; Columbia Cement Company)
Edwards Prospect
Jumbo Clay Deposit
Jumbo Deposit
LLH Mine
Navajo Deposit (Weaver Deposit)
Snow White Mine
Southern Pacific Deposit (Coyote Mountains Limestone Deposit)
Sunshine Placer Gypsum Mine
Unnamed W Prospect [1]
Wedge Mine
Wednesday Deposit

Latitude: 32°48'23"N
Longitude: 116°1'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.806388888889,-116.02555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca H K Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayEpsomiteGypsumMicaNonePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSulphur

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Népouite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41156711708
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61156711944
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1156711484
Graphite  (*)NoneC2156717,1567242812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2156713,1567226890
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O115671184
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2115672017380
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4115671166
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22156714,15672061156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11567132045



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