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Locality Name:
Cloverdale, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cloverdale, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Alberts Ranch
Barnes Mine (Ardoin 1918)
Battenburg Refractory Mine
Black Ranch
Brush Deposit
Burgans Ranch Property (Burgaus Ranch)
Curmings Occurrence
Healdsburg Lode
Kolling Deposit (Creon Deposit)
Livermore Quicksilver Mine
Melville Ranch
Mercury Bank Mine
North Fork Little Sulphur Creek
North Of Cloverdale
Pattenburg Refractory Magnesite Mine
Shaw Ranch
Unnamed Hg Prospect (19)
Unnamed Magnesite Deposit (1)
Unnamed Magnesite Occurrence (3)
Unnamed Talc Occurrence (1)
Unspecified Ni Occurrence (1)
Yordi Ranch Deposit (Ekert Ranch)

Latitude: 38°48'7"N
Longitude: 122°59'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.801944444444,-122.99333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmorphousAmphiboleBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteLawsoniteMillerite
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalc

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Idrialite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Millerite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pecoraite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vuagnatite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)118045111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)118045127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42180439,1804533902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4180447,180449,180451,1804522600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211804479895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11804558173
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1180463341
Idrialite  (*)NoneC22H14118045115
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O60154
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1180455121
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)13180437,180438,180440,180442,180443,180444,180446,180448,180451,180456,180460,180461,1804641487
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1180451397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1180451255
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11804511066
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61180455229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11804472994
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)4118045140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22180447,18045139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211804583106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22180447,18045161156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211804623337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211804522562
Vuagnatite  (*)AdeliteCaAlSiO4(OH)118045514



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