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Locality Name:
Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Mines; Wright Mine), Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Mines; Wright Mine), Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°31'41"N
Longitude: 121°23'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.528055555556,-121.39361111111
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovellite
DigeniteFeldsparLawsoniteMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxeneRhodoniteRutileSerpentine
SpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTitanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Gageite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Inesite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Neotocite  (*)
Parsettensite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Santaclaraite  (*)Talc  (*)Taneyamalite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)80173
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4083
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Gageite  (*)NoneMn2+21Si8O27(OH)20014
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)20286
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O050
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0121
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)0186
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O043
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Santaclaraite  (*)NoneCaMn2+4Si5O14(OH)2·H2O02
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Taneyamalite  (*)None(Na,Ca)Mn2+12(Si,Al)12(O,OH)4405
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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