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Locality Name:
Mullet Island, Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 301799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mullet Island, Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
F1 Fumerole Field
F2 Fumerole Field
Mullet Island Paint Deposit
Mullet Island Salt Works Mine (Mullet Island Development Company; Mullet Island Paint Company; Reeder Salt Company)

Latitude: 33°13'46"N
Longitude: 115°36'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.229444444444,-115.60833333333
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 Ca Cl H K Mg N Na O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumArcaniteBlöditeCalciteEpsomiteGypsumNonePicromeriteRocksaltSulphur
Tamarugite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Blödite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Koktaite  (*)Konyaite  (*)Lecontite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Nitratine  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O3156877,156878,156879130
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O2156877,15687830
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1156877484
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2156877,1568786890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3156877,156878,1568811398
Koktaite  (*)None(NH4)2Ca(SO4)2·H2O2156877,15687812
Konyaite  (*)PicromeriteNa2Mg(SO4)2·5H2O115687920
Lecontite  (*)None(NH4)Na(SO4)·2H2O2156877,1568786
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)2156877,15687861
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O1156878223
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)115687991
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl2156877,156878105
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2156877,1568782045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1156878275
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O115687887
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)2156877,156878299
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O2156877,15687881


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