Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Meridian Claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meridian Claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 36°23'45"N
Longitude: 116°47'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.395833333333,-116.78361111111

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.

Analcime	Clay	None	Smectite-vermiculite

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 B Ca H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Clay None Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Colemanite ()*	Gowerite ()*	Hungchaoite ()*	Mcallisterite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Nobleite ()*	Priceite ()*	Ulexite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	144
Gowerite ()*	None	Ca[B₅O₈(OH)][B(OH)₃]·3H₂O	13
Hungchaoite ()*	None	MgB₄O₅(OH)₄·7H₂O	6
Mcallisterite ()*	None	Mg₂[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₂·9H₂O	9
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Nobleite ()*	None	CaB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O	11
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	33
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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