Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sulphur Bank Mine (Sulfur Bank Mine; Sulphur Bank Deposits), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulphur Bank Mine (Sulfur Bank Mine; Sulphur Bank Deposits), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°0'14"N
Longitude: 122°39'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.003888888889,-122.66527777778

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.

Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Cristobalite
Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur

Alum-(K) ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Borax ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metastibnite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Sassolite ()*
Schuetteite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tschermigite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O S Sb Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copiapite Coquimbite Cristobalite
Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			92
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			11547
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O			76
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈			27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			136
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			484
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			255
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			87
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			61156
Rosickýite ()*	None	S			22
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			31
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	21
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			6417
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2045
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			81

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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