Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.64

mindat Locality ID: 215383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA": 64
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Clear Lake
Clear Lake Oaks
Disturnell Mine
Indian Valley Reservoir
Lower Lake
Nice
Wilbur Springs Area

Latitude: 39°1'33"N
Longitude: 122°35'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.025833333333,-122.59527777778

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite
Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	None	Northupite	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tridymite

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na O S Sb Se Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copiapite Copper Coquimbite
Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica None Northupite Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tridymite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Alum-(K) ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Borax ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Gaylussite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Metastibnite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natron ()*	Northupite ()*	Opal ()*
Pirssonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosickýite ()*
Sassolite ()*	Schuetteite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Teepleite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Tincalconite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Trona ()*	Tschermigite ()*	Tychite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	160783	92
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	160783	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	160783	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	160783	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	160783	11547
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	5	1.64	3	160762,160774,160783	76
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈			1	160783	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	160783	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1.68	1.64	4	160771,160784,160785,160801	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			6	160783,160790,160798,160806,160817,160819	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	160783	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			1	160783	136
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	160783	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	160783	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	160783,160819	484
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	5	1.64	2	160762,160774	57
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	5	4	1	160774	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	160783	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	160790	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	160783	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	5	1.64	2	160762,160774	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	160798	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	160783,160819	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O			1	160783	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	160783	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	160777,160786	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	160783,160798,160819	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	160783,160819	915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			3	160783,160798,160819	255
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	160783	87
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	160783	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	160783	17380
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	5	4	1	160774	51
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	5	4	1	160774	31
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			3	160783,160798,160819	2994
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	5	4	1	160774	19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	160783	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	160778	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.68	1.64	2	160766,160783	61156
Rosickýite ()*	None	S			1	160783	22
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			1	160783	31
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	1	160783	21
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	160783	6417
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	160783,160819	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1.68	1.64	3	160762,160783,160819	2045
Teepleite ()*	None	Na₂B(OH)₄Cl	5	4	1	160774	3
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	5	4	1	160774	64
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe			1	160819	83
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O	5	4	1	160774	29
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	160805	458
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	5	1.64	2	160762,160774	129
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	160783	81
Tychite ()*	Northupite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)	5	4	1	160774	6
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	5	1.64	2	160762,160774	160
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃			1	160785	212

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-130387	1.68	1.64	1.66±0.02	130387	229329	Clear Lake, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29604	5	4	4+1/-0	29604	3437	Borax Lake (Big Borax Lake), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29605	5	4	4+1/-0	29605	3437	Borax Lake (Big Borax Lake), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060700	Borax Lake (Big Borax Lake), Clear Lake Oaks, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Lake Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060700

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