Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 3476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saline Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Badwater Springs
Saline Valley Salt Mine
Saline Valley Sand Dunes
Unnamed Ag Occurrence [6]
Unnamed Mn-W Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Thulite Occurrence [2]

Latitude: 36°45'0"N
Longitude: 117°50'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.75,-117.84888888889

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Epidote	Garnet
Gypsum	Linarite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Borax ()*	Calcite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Silver ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*	Ulexite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Analcime Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Epidote Garnet
Gypsum Linarite None Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	158954	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	158955	27770
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	158955	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	0		137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	158950	987
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	0		223
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	158951	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	158954	5186
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0		299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	0		160
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	158956	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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