Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 57390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blanket Prospects
Butterfly Prospect
Crystal King Prospects
Elizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. Claim)
Francis Prospect
Goddess Mine (Goddess Prospect; MS 6452)
Jackpot Tunnel Prospect (Butterfly Prospect)
Lower Salmons View Prospect
Margarita Mine
Meadow Prospects
North End Prospects
Oceanview Mine (MS 6452; MS 6848; Ocean View Mine)
Olla Prospect
Pala Chief Mine (Chief Mine; MS 6452; Salmons Mine)
Redlands King Prospect
Redwing Prospects (Redlands Prospects; Redwings Prospects)
Verdant View Prospect (Anita Prospect)
West Knickerbocker Prospect

Latitude: 33°23'12"N
Longitude: 117°3'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.386666666667,-117.05194444444

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Diaspore	Fairfieldite
Feldspar	Garnet	Hopeite	Hureaulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Beyerite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eulytine ()*	Fairfieldite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hopeite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Namibite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pucherite ()*
Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ta V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Chlorite Clay Columbite Diaspore Fairfieldite
Feldspar Garnet Hopeite Hureaulite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphosiderite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Tourmaline Zircon

39 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)	15	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174892,174894,174896	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	174883,174894	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	174891	1310
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	0		606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	8	174875,174877,174880,174884,174887,174889,174891,174896	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	174875	96
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3	174877,174884,174891	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	174884,174891	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	174884	716
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	2	174875,174877	36
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	174875,174887	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2	174877,174891	181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	174877,174889,174891	520
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	1	174875	72
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	174875	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	174875	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	174875,174891	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	174875	7437
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	174875	29
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	174875	125
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	174875	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	15	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174891,174894,174896	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2	174875,174889	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	174875,174877,174892	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	15	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174890,174891,174892,174894,174896	17380
Namibite ()*	None	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)	1	174875	24
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	174883,174894	2349
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	174875,174891	182
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	174875,174887	369
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	2	174877,174891	53
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	1	174875	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	174875	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174884,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174891,174892,174894,174896	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	14	174873,174875,174877,174878,174882,174883,174885,174886,174887,174888,174889,174890,174894,174896	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	174875	66
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	174875	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	7	174873,174875,174877,174887,174889,174891,174892	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	174875	211
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	174875,174876	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100088	Oceanview Mine (MS 6452; MS 6848; Ocean View Mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R100088

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