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Locality Name:
Stayton District (McLeod District; Panoche District), Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stayton District (McLeod District; Panoche District), Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Antimony Peak
Henrietta Peak
Laveaga Peak
Mariposa Peak
Messic Mountain
Santa Ana Mountain

Latitude: 36°54'41"N
Longitude: 121°13'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.911388888889,-121.23083333333
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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H K O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenoliteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteEpsomite
GypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteMelanteriteNonePyriteQuartzStibnite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)117028111547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81170277173
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117027727770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41170260352
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS6170261,170265,170269,170272,170274,1702812600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11702778173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1170281484
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21170277286
Gold  (*)CopperAu117027230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11702816890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1170281409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411702605591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1170281915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1170269397
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22170260,17027239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24170260,170261,170265,17027261156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31170281179
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S310170259,170260,170261,170262,170263,170264,170265,170269,170272,1702813418
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31170281369


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