Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Idria District, Diablo Range, Fresno Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 209927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Idria District, Diablo Range, Fresno Co., California, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Archer Camp
Condon Peak
Wright Mountain

Latitude: 36°19'6"N
Longitude: 120°34'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.318333333333,-120.57277777778

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Artinite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Artinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Coalingite ()*	Corundum ()*	Coulsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	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 Na Ni O S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Artinite Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Garnet Hydrotalcite Marcasite Natrolite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tridymite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	5.3	1	155702	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5.3	1	155702	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	5.3	1	155702	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	1	155699	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	1	155722	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	5.3	2	155709,155728	75
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	2	155688,155690	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5.3	3	155690,155723,155736	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	3	155707,155724,155728	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	4	155688,155719,155726,155727	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5.3	3	155699,155720,155723	1756
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	5.3	1	155728	27
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5.3	1	155720	1797
Coulsonite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺V³⁺₂O₄	5.3	1	155701	16
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5.3	1	155724	9895
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	5.3	2	155695,155702	271
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5.3	1	155724	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	5.3	2	155700,155716	205
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	5.3	3	155708,155720,155728	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	5.3	1	155728	87
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	2	155716,155720	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	5.3	3	155710,155712,155723	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	5.3	3	155690,155703,155705	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	5	155690,155701,155717,155720,155724	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	1	155688	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	1	155688	255
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	5.3	1	155702	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	5.3	1	155702	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	1	155688	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	1	155700	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	2	155688,155719	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	2	155700,155707	48
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	1	155690	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5.3	1	155730	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	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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