Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 210494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mountain Springs Quarry
Thompson Deposit
Unnamed Fe Deposit [_]

Latitude: 35°41'17"N
Longitude: 120°43'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.688055555556,-120.73194444444

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.

None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Spinel	Turquoise

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 Cu Fe H Hg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H Hg Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Spinel Turquoise

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunogen ()*	Jadeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Schuetteite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			0		272
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			0		154
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	175441	14899
Schuetteite ()*	None	Hg₃O₂(SO₄)	0	0	0		21
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			0		484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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