Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.032
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.0245

mindat Locality ID: 3551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3551.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
New Well
Searles Deep Well
Well G.75

Latitude: 35°44'17"N
Longitude: 117°22'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.738055555556,-117.37388888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Feldspar	Gypsum	None	Northupite
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Borax ()*
Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galeite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hanksite ()*	Merlinoite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Natron ()*
Northupite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pirssonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Schairerite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Sulphohalite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Teepleite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Tincalconite ()*	Trona ()*	Tychite ()*
Ulexite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl F H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B C Ca Cl F H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Feldspar Gypsum None Northupite
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

36 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0.032	0.0245	0		1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0.032	0.0245	1	173667	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0.032	0.0245	0		3250
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	0.032	0.0245	1	173667	76
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	0.032	0.0245	1	173667	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.032	0.0245	0		27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0.032	0.0245	0		1252
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0.032	0.0245	0		1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0.032	0.0245	0		9895
Galeite ()*	None	Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄	0.032	0.0245	0		3
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		57
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	0.032	0.0245	0		137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0.032	0.0245	1	173667	1398
Hanksite ()*	None	KNa₂₂(SO₄)₉(CO₃)₂Cl	0.032	0.0245	1	173667	12
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		17
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		223
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	0.032	0.0245	0		78
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		51
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	0.032	0.0245	0		31
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.032	0.0245	0		2349
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O			1	173665	19
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.032	0.0245	0		61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0.032	0.0245	0		712
Schairerite ()*	None	Na₂₁(SO₄)₇ClF₆	0.032	0.0245	0		4
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂			1	173666	34
Sulphohalite ()*	None	Na₆(SO₄)₂ClF	0.032	0.0245	0		4
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0.032	0.0245	0		2045
Teepleite ()*	None	Na₂B(OH)₄Cl	0.032	0.0245	0		3
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0.032	0.0245	0		299
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		29
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	0.032	0.0245	1	173667	129
Tychite ()*	Northupite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)	0.032	0.0245	0		6
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	0.032	0.0245	0		160

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0060	Searles Lake is an endorheic dry lake mined for industrial minerals.

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
	Michelle_0060	0.032	0.0245	0.032-0.0245	14C, 230TH	Age of upper salt									220705	Well G.75, Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	Searles Lake	Peng et al. (1978)	10.1016/0033-5894(78)90036-4	QR9_319	Age of upper salt formation containing hanksite. Hanksite is more common in the 10.5-6 kya lower salt formation.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050651	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050651
R060112	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060112
R130025	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R130025
R040146	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R040146
R070534	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070534
R050291	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050291
R060156	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060156
X050158	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050158
R050479	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050479
R050499	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050499
R050218	Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050218

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