Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cormorant Island
Mullet Island
Salton Sea Geothermal Field
Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project Well
Unnamed Epidote Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 33°13'46"N
Longitude: 115°36'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.229444444444,-115.60833333333

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	Arcanite	Arsenopyrite	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Epidote
Epsomite	Gypsum	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Pyrite	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Tamarugite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite

Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Blödite ()*	Boussingaultite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Koktaite ()*	Konyaite ()*	Lecontite ()*	Mascagnite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Saltonseaite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*
Tamarugite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl K Mn Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Arcanite Arsenopyrite Blödite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Cristobalite Epidote
Epsomite Gypsum Nickeline None Not in a structural group Picromerite Pyrite Rinneite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur Tamarugite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	156883	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	156883	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	156882	9052
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	3	156877,156878,156879	130
Boussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	156877,156878	30
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	156883	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	156882	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	156882,156883	27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	156875	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	156883,156884	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	156877	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	156883	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	0		137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	156877,156878	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	156877,156878,156881	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	156883	14640
Koktaite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	2	156877,156878	12
Konyaite ()*	Picromerite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·5H₂O	1	156879	20
Lecontite ()*	None	(NH₄)Na(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	156877,156878	6
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	2	156877,156878	61
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	156878	223
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	156879	91
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	156882,156883	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	156883	9056
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	2	156877,156878	105
Saltonseaite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaMnCl₆	0		2
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	156883	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	156882	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	156877,156878	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	156878	275
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	156878	87
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	156882	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	156877,156878	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	156883	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	156875	458
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	156877,156878	81

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070322	Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070322
R060649	Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060649
R120131	Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R120131
R050166	Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050166

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