Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stonyford, Coast Ranges, Colusa Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 219616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stonyford, Coast Ranges, Colusa Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Big Stony Creek Rockridge Occurrence
Candace Mine
Chrome Wonder Deposit (Chrome Wonder Mine)
East Park Reservoir
Liberty Chrome Mine
Lion Mine
Stony Creek Bridge Roadcut
Teathers Prospect
Unnamed Cr Prospect (4)

Latitude: 39°22'15"N
Longitude: 122°32'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.370833333333,-122.54472222222

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Copper	Gadolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel

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: B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Hg Mn O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Copper Gadolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Quartz Rutile
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	153566	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	153570	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	153567,153569,153572	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	153566,153570	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	153566,153570	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	153571	498
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	153570	12537
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	153571	363
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	153568	61156
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	153571	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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