Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mud Hills (Strontium Hills), Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mud Hills (Strontium Hills), Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
B. And B. Deposit (B And B; Old Jackass)
Chalcedony Pseudomorphs Occurrence
Fossil Canyon
Percy & Cookies Crust Bentonite Prospect
Purple Rock Quarry (Unnamed Location)
Rainbow Basin
Rhumba Quicksilver Occurrence
Solomon Deposit
Unnamed Ag-Au Prospect [2] (Southern Pacific Company Property)
Unnamed Au Placer [219]
Unnamed Au Placer Prospect [218]
Unnamed Au-Cu Mine [27] (Unnamed Prospects; Gold-Copper Occurrence)
Unnamed Clay-Zeolite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Cu-Au-Ag Occurrence [5]
Unnamed Feldspar Occurrence [3]
Unnamed Pumice Prospect [15]
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence [4]
Unnamed Silica Quarry [5] (Southern Pacific Company Property)
Unnamed Sr Occurrence [3] (Southern Pacific Company Property)
Unnamed Zeolite Occurrence [2]

Latitude: 35°2'53"N
Longitude: 117°1'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.048055555556,-117.02583333333

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Copper	Gypsum	Heulandite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz

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 Au C Ca Cu H K Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Aragonite Baryte Copper Gypsum Heulandite Mordenite None Not in a structural group
Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Celestine ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*
Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Mordenite ()*	Quartz ()*
Strontianite ()*	Wattevilleite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	170609	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	170611	1588
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	170621	1252
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	170615	24
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	170609	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	170625	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	0		405
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	170610,170625,170630	61156
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	170621	589
Wattevilleite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂·4H₂O (?)	1	170611	10

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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