Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Coyote Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 45252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coyote Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Carrizo Mountain

Latitude: 32°48'22"N
Longitude: 116°1'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.806111111111,-116.02555555556

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.

Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Sulphur
Tourmaline

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Epsomite Gypsum Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Sulphur
Tourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	156711	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	156711	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	156711	484
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	156717,156724	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	156713,156722	6890
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	156711	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	156720	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	156711	66
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	156714,156720	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	156713	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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