Salton Sea Geothermal field, Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Salton Sea Geothermal field | - not defined - |
| Salton Sea | Saline Lake |
| Imperial County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° North , 115° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~31km
Köppen climate type:
Occurrences located in discharge pipes from the exploited Salton Sea geothermal field.
Mineralization is sulphide and sulfosalt deposition in geothermal well discharge pipes.
The sedimentary units within the Salton Sea geothermal field have been heated from depth due to prolonged rifting in the trough and associated silica-rich magmatism. This heating yields hot, advecting brine and progressive metamorphic grade rocks. For example, in the State 2-14 drill core, these metamorphic grades include a chlorite-calcite zone from ~610- to 2,480-m depth (corresponding to ~180°–325°C), a biotite zone from ~2,480- to 3,000-m depth (corresponding to ~325°–350°C), and a clinopyroxene zone from ~3,000- to 3,180-m depth (corresponding to temperatures >~350°C), where the names of each zone correspond to the first appearance of the characteristic minerals for that grade.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Stromeyerite Formula: AgCuS |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Stromeyerite | 2.BA.40 | AgCuS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Stromeyerite | AgCuS |
| S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Stromeyerite | AgCuS |
| Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Stromeyerite | AgCuS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Franciscan DomainDomain
- Gulf of California CoastWide Rift
- Southern California Borderland BasinsBasin
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
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