Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cargo Muchacho Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cargo Muchacho Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cargo Muchacho District (Hedges District; Ogilby District)

Latitude: 32°51'32"N
Longitude: 114°47'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.858888888889,-114.79583333333

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorzalite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Lazulite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Tourmaline

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	156536	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	156536	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	156511,156535,156536	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	156491	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	156495,156507	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	156535,156536	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	156495	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	156493	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	2	156535,156536	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	156495	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	156495,156504	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	156495	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	156495	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	156495	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	156495,156507	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	156493	378
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	156535	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	156493	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	156493	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	156493,156495,156498,156499,156502,156504,156507,156512,156529,156531,156536,156538	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	156536	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	156511,156536	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	156493,156495,156536	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	156511,156535,156536,156537	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	156535	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	156536	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	156495,156507	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	156493	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	156511,156536,156537	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	156495,156504,156518	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	156535,156536	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	156493,156511,156518,156520,156522,156524,156536,156544,156545	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	156535,156536	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	156495,156497	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	156511,156535	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	156535,156536	60
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	156495,156496	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	156495	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	156535	978
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2	156535,156536	105
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	156507	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050561	Cargo Muchacho Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050561

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