Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tick Canyon Borate Deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 219960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tick Canyon Borate Deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lang Mine (Sterling Mine; Sterling Borax Mine; Tick Canyon Borax Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Gadolinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Stibnite	Veatchite

Analcime ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Borax ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Colemanite ()*	Datolite ()*	Howlite ()*	Priceite ()*	Probertite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tincalconite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Veatchite ()*

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 As B C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Sb Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Gadolinite None Pyrite Quartz
Stibnite Veatchite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	161198	1627
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	161198	9052
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	161198	76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	161198	1252
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	1	161198	144
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	161198	498
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	1	161198	36
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	1	161198	33
Probertite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₇(OH)₄·3H₂O	1	161198	29
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	161198	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	161198	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	161198	712
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	161198	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	161198	589
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O	1	161198	29
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	161198	2562
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	161198	160
Veatchite ()*	Veatchite	Sr₂B₁₁O₁₆(OH)₅·H₂O	1	161198	12

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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