Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 168
Youngest recorded age at locality: 161

mindat Locality ID: 56631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chihuahua Valley
Lost Valley
Previtt Canyon
Puerta La Cruz
Warner Springs

Latitude: 33°21'2"N
Longitude: 116°38'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.350555555556,-116.64166666667

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.

Allanite	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite
Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Grossular ()*	Herderite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pääkkönenite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As B Be Bi Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Analcime Apatite Beryl Chlorite Clay Columbite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite
Garnet Löllingite Mica None Olivine Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Stibnite Tapiolite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	175206,175207,175208,175226	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	175226	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	175208	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	175206,175207,175208,175210,175218,175226,175227	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	175207,175208,175226	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	175226	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	175207	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	175226	181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	175208,175226	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	175207,175208,175226	2740
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	1	175226	13
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	175208	1544
Herderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)F	1	175226	20
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	2	175208,175210	119
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	175208	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	175226	762
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	175208	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	175207,175208,175226	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	175208	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	175207,175208,175210,175214,175226,175227	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	175207,175208	2349
Pääkkönenite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂AsS₂	1	175226	8
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	175226	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	175207,175208,175210,175212,175214,175216,175226,175227	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	175224,175231	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	175207,175208,175226,175227	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	175226	1153
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	175207,175208	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	175226	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2	175208,175226	53
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	175226	3418
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	175226	88
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	175207	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	175226	5251

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
	NAVDAT-44527	168	161	164+4/-3					44527						222001	Puerta La Cruz, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050005	Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; Blue Bell Deposit; Blue Bell Mine; Exposition Claim; Panama Claim; San Diego Claim; San Diego Group), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050005
X050119	Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; Blue Bell Deposit; Blue Bell Mine; Exposition Claim; Panama Claim; San Diego Claim; San Diego Group), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050119
X050142	Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; Blue Bell Deposit; Blue Bell Mine; Exposition Claim; Panama Claim; San Diego Claim; San Diego Group), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050142

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