Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Diablo Range, Fresno Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 209926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diablo Range, Fresno Co., California, USA": 101
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 74

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alcalde District
Big Blue Hills
Black Mountain
Cantua
Central San Benito District
Ciervo Hills
Coalinga Area
Escarpado Canyon
Kreyenhagen Peak
Little Panoche Detention Dam
Los Gatos Creek
New Idria District
Panoche Hills
Silver Creek Valley Occurrence
Tumey Hills
Wildcat Canyon Area

Latitude: 36°29'18"N
Longitude: 120°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.488333333333,-120.59972222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Artinite	Blödite	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Leucophosphite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None
Perovskite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Blödite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Coalingite ()*	Corundum ()*	Coulsonite ()*	Desautelsite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Leucophosphite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Opal ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Artinite Blödite Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay
Copper Corundum Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Hydrotalcite Leucophosphite Marcasite Natrolite None
Perovskite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Tridymite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	5.3	0	1	155702	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5.3	0	1	155702	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	155675	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	5.3	0	1	155702	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	0	1	155699	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	155675	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	0	1	155722	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	5.3	0	3	155675,155709,155728	75
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O			2	155678,155742	82
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			2	155660,155747	130
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	155675	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	0	2	155688,155690	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5.3	0	4	155675,155690,155723,155736	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	0	5	155675,155685,155707,155724,155728	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	0	6	155662,155664,155688,155719,155726,155727	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5.3	0	4	155675,155699,155720,155723	1756
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	5.3	0	1	155728	27
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5.3	0	1	155720	1797
Coulsonite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺V³⁺₂O₄	5.3	0	1	155701	16
Desautelsite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Mn³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	155675	9
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	155675	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5.3	0	1	155724	9895
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	5.3	0	2	155695,155702	271
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	0	1	155724	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			10	155665,155671,155672,155673,155678,155681,155739,155741,155742,155744	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	5.3	0	2	155700,155716	205
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	5.3	0	3	155708,155720,155728	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	5.3	0	1	155728	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	155675	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			1	155675	154
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	155678	110
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	0	3	155675,155716,155720	359
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	155675	238
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	5.3	0	3	155710,155712,155723	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	5.3	0	3	155690,155703,155705	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	0	6	155675,155690,155701,155717,155720,155724	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	0	1	155688	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	0	1	155688	255
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	5.3	0	1	155702	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	5.3	0	1	155702	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	155683,155745	2994
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	155675	495
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	155675	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	0	2	155662,155688	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	0	1	155700	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	0	3	155664,155688,155719	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	0	2	155700,155707	48
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	0	2	155675,155690	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5.3	0	1	155730	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	0	3	155690,155710,155720	212

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00130	5.3	0		?-?								Cinnabar, Metacinnabar	Hg	209927	New Idria District, Diablo Range, Fresno Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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