Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 89205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-89205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 130
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 120

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Barstow
Hinkley
Lenwood
Mitchel Range
Mud Hills (Strontium Hills)
Waterman Hills

Latitude: 34°56'45"N
Longitude: 117°4'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.945833333333,-117.06777777778

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Heulandite
Malachite	Mixite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au B Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Heulandite
Malachite Mixite Mordenite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Colemanite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goudeyite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Ulexite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wattevilleite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zálesíite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	170609	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	170557	3419
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	170531	90
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	170527,170532,170542	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	170608	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	170567	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	170611	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	170531	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	28	170513,170521,170524,170526,170527,170531,170532,170536,170539,170540,170542,170555,170565,170567,170573,170579,170580,170593,170598,170599,170600,170601,170602,170603,170607,170637,170639,170641	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	170542	172
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	170564	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	170532,170533,170564,170565,170567	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	4	170533,170565,170608,170621	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	170532,170567	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	170567	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	4	170514,170532,170564,170641	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	170564,170567	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	170532	2600
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	170615	24
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	1	170533	144
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	170531	363
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	170532	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	170532	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	170609	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	170564	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	170548	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	170557	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	170532	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	170532,170567,170580	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	170527,170532	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	170519,170575,170625	30554
Goudeyite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Al(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	170531	19
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	170564	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	170608	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	170557	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	170532,170564,170567	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	170532	73
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	170531	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	170548	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	170531,170532,170565,170567	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	170532	1107
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	170608	405
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	170564,170565	362
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	170532	158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	170567	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	170567	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	170557	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	170567	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	170519,170564,170567,170575,170580,170593,170594,170595,170608,170610,170625,170630	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	170532	454
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	170641	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	170532	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	170567	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	170608,170621	589
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	170533	160
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	170564,170565	605
Wattevilleite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂·4H₂O (?)	1	170611	10
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	170532	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	170542,170567	1655
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	170531	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050028	Barium Queen Mine, Mitchel Range, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050028
X050105	Barium Queen Mine, Mitchel Range, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/X050105

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