Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54

mindat Locality ID: 3450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Badwater
Badwater Basin
Bennetts Well
Confidence Hills
Confidence Mine Millsite
Eagle Borax Spring
Furnace Creek
Glaze Claim (Fred Glaze Claim)
Indian Camp Asbestos Mine
Little Sand Spring Lithium Occurrence
Little Sand Spring Nitrates Deposit
Little Sand Spring Placer Gold Occurrence
Little Sand Spring Radioactives Occurrence
Lower Alum Creek Prospect
Mushroom Rock
Old Lake Shorelines
Pluto Springs
Rat No. 33 Occurrence
Ratcliff Claim
Shore Line Butte
Unnamed Mo Occurrence [2]
Unspecified Zr Occurrences [1]
West Arm

Latitude: 36°37'28"N
Longitude: 117°7'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.624444444444,-117.12138888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Hexahydrite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile
Santite	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Talc	Zircon

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O Pb S Si Sr Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Blödite Calcite Clay Copiapite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite
Hexahydrite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Picromerite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile
Santite Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Talc Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aristarainite ()*	Bassanite ()*
Blödite ()*	Borax ()*	Calcite ()*	Carboborite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Colemanite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Darapskite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Eugsterite ()*	Ginorite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hanksite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Ilsemannite ()*	Kaliborite ()*	Konyaite ()*	Mcallisterite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*
Pinnoite ()*	Priceite ()*	Probertite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rivadavite ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Santite ()*
Saponite ()*	Sassolite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Talc ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Tincalconite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Trona ()*
Tunellite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	157449	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	157449	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	56	54	1	157443	3250
Aristarainite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Mg[B₆O₈(OH)₄]₂·4H₂O			1	157449	4
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O			1	157449	82
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	157449	130
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	157457	76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	157449,157453,157474	27770
Carboborite ()*	None	Ca₂Mg[B(OH)₄]₂(CO₃)₂·4H₂O	56	54	0		6
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	157449	1252
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	157459	951
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O			2	157453,157466	144
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	157475	382
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	56	54	0		31
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	157449,157459	9895
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O			1	157449	32
Ginorite ()*	None	Ca₂B₁₄O₂₀(OH)₆·5H₂O			1	157453	11
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	157468	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	54	3	157442,157449,157468	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	56	54	4	157443,157445,157449,157468	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	56	54	0		409
Hanksite ()*	None	KNa₂₂(SO₄)₉(CO₃)₂Cl	56	54	0		12
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	157449	251
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O			1	157449	42
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	157444	341
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)			1	157475	123
Kaliborite ()*	None	KHMg₂B₁₂O₁₆(OH)₁₀·4H₂O			1	157449	8
Konyaite ()*	Picromerite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·5H₂O			1	157449	20
Mcallisterite ()*	None	Mg₂[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₂·9H₂O			1	157449	9
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	157458	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	157475,157478	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	157444	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	157449	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			2	157444,157467	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)			5	157444,157446,157454,157467,157470	91
Pinnoite ()*	None	MgB₂O(OH)₆			1	157449	13
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O			1	157445	33
Probertite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₇(OH)₄·3H₂O			1	157449	29
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	157472	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	157449	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	157472	1711
Rivadavite ()*	None	Na₆Mg[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₄·10H₂O			1	157449	4
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	56	54	1	157442	22
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	56	54	0		105
Santite ()*	Santite	KB₅O₆(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	157449	3
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	157444	301
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			1	157453	31
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂			1	157456	34
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	157449	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	157476	3337
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			2	157445,157449	299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	56	54	0		64
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O			1	157449	29
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	56	54	0		433
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	157445	129
Tunellite ()*	None	SrB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	157452	12
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			5	157445,157449,157450,157452,157455	160
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	157458	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	157476	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_049	56	54	55±1	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			256416	Badwater, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	Badwater Turtle	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050040	Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050040
X050074	Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050074
R050673	Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050673

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