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Locality Name:
Victor Claim (Victor Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 25897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Victor Claim (Victor Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°22'0"N
Longitude: 120°42'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.366666666667,-120.70277777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBenitoiteBrochantiteCalciteChloriteClayCovelliteDigenite
FeldsparGarnetHydrotalciteJoaquiniteMalachiteMeliliteMicaNatroliteNeptuniteNone
PectolitePrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelaneTitaniteWollastonite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anilite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Bario-orthojoaquinite  (*)Benitoite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorstrophite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Joaquinite-(Ce)  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Neptunite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Orthojoaquinite-(Ce)  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyroaurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)Stevensite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Strontiojoaquinite  (*)Taramellite  (*)Titanite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uvarovite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)25.3003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5.3008803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)35.3001534
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S45.30088
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)45.300708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5.3003250
Bario-orthojoaquinite  (*)JoaquiniteBa4Fe2+2Ti2O2(SiO3)8·H2O5.3002
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O95.30020
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)65.3001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5.30027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O45.3003902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)45.300951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)85.3001756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5.3004165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O65.3004135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F5.3002740
Fluorstrophite  (*)ApatiteSrCaSr3(PO4)3F5.3009
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)5.30017
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O65.300154
Joaquinite-(Ce)  (*)JoaquiniteNaBa2Fe2+Ti2Ce2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)·H2O5.30011
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45.30014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25.30012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25.30017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O5.3001236
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O245.30049
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5.3002349
Orthojoaquinite-(Ce)  (*)JoaquiniteNaBa2Fe2+Ce2Ti2(SiO3)8O2(O,OH)·H2O5.3003
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)5.300363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25.3001898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)45.300369
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O5.30089
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25.30061156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O5.30048
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)25.30057
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O5.300456
Strontiojoaquinite  (*)Joaquinite(Na,Fe)2Ba2Sr2Ti2(SiO3)8(O,OH)2·H2O5.3004
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx5.3008
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5.3004899
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx5.30010
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)25.3002562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)35.300212
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)5.300251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO35.3001247



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-000455.30 ?-?    YesCalomel, Cinnabar, Clearcreekite, Deanesmithite, Edgarbaileyite, Edoylerite, Gianellaite, Hanawaltite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite, Mosesite, Peterbaylissite, Schuetteite, Szymanskiite, Tedhadleyite, Terlinguaite, Tiemannite, Wattersite, EglestoniteHg6418New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USACalifornia Mercury OccurrencesStudemeister (1984)10.1007/BF00199786MD19_202 


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