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Locality Name:
Lake Hughes, Los Angeles Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 217450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Hughes, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Diamond Mine
Elizabeth Lake Canyon
Hughes Lake
Unnamed Ridge

Latitude: 34°39'41"N
Longitude: 118°27'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.661388888889,-118.46166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneScapoliteSmectite-vermiculite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Beidellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Marialite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O116116885
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611611704135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11611708173
Graphite  (*)NoneC2161166,1611682812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311611701544
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1161171139
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511611681516


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