Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 28245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cascade Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°12'46"N
Longitude: 117°39'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.212777777778,-117.66305555556

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrite	Rutile	Sodalite	Titanite

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 Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrite Rutile Sodalite Titanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Lazurite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	37
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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