Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Diablo Range, San Joaquin Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 208553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diablo Range, San Joaquin Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ladd-Buckeye District
Unspecified Mn Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 37°34'49"N
Longitude: 121°30'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.580277777778,-121.50027777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Spinel

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 C Fe H Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Kaolinite None Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bementite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Manganite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	3	175294,175295,175304	173
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	175295	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	175295	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	175295	5591
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	175295	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	175304,175306	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	175295,175305	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	175294,175295,175304,175305	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	175291	969

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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