Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°22'40"N
Longitude: 116°45'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.377777777778,-116.76

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	None

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 H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gadolinite Gypsum None

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Colemanite ()*	Datolite ()*	Gowerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Inyoite ()*	Meyerhofferite ()*	Nobleite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Ulexite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	144
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Gowerite ()*	None	Ca[B₅O₈(OH)][B(OH)₃]·3H₂O	13
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Inyoite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O	34
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	23
Nobleite ()*	None	CaB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O	11
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050423	Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050423

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