Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wrightwood, San Gabriel Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 218974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218974.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wrightwood, San Gabriel Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Pine Deposit (Little Johnnie)
Heath Canyon Occurrences
Robinette Rock Quarries
Sheep Creek Deposits (Lamb Brothers)
Vincent Rock Quarry (Tootie & Martha Rock Quarry; Jocarol & Jonny Rock Quarry)
Wrightwood Mine (Cajon)
Wrightwood Quarry

Latitude: 34°21'42"N
Longitude: 117°37'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.361666666667,-117.61694444444

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	None
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gageite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Valentinite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Marcasite Mica None
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	173655	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	173655	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	173655	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	173655	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	173655	8173
Gageite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂₁Si₈O₂₇(OH)₂₀	1	173655	14
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	173658	24243
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	173655	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	173658	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	173655	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	173655	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	173655	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	173655	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	173655	2562
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	173658	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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