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Locality Name:
Chino Quarry, Chino Hill, Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.5

mindat Locality ID: 134552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chino Quarry, Chino Hill, Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chino Underground Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBruciteCalciteClayCorundumLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPrehniteRocksaltSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Geikielite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS145.565.511690539052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2145.565.511690535509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4145.565.511690535516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2145.565.50462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)145.565.5116905327770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4145.565.50951
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3145.565.5070
Graphite  (*)NoneC145.565.502812
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O145.565.50341
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2145.565.51169053762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2145.565.511690535800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O145.565.511690531508
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO145.565.51169053114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2145.565.511690532273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145.565.511690531898
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145.565.511690539056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS145.565.5116905321482



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
Mo-00055145.565.5 ?-?, Map    YesMolybdenite, Powellite, WulfeniteMo3449Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA Daly (1935); Morton (2003)   


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