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:
Red Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 161

mindat Locality ID: 210999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Acme Lode Claim (Acme Lode)
Black Wonder Prospect (Unnamed Location)
Del Puerto Creek
Diamond-Silver Group
Ed Kelley Prospect
Ferraro Prospect (Winship Properties)
Fidelity Deposit
Jones Group (Jones Property; Jones Group Nos.1-9; Jones Deposits East - I&II; Jones Deposits West - No. III; IV; V)
Keller Brothers Prospect
Kelley Prospect
Mammouth Mine (Mammoth Mine)
Number Six-White Queen Group
Security Mine (Security Deposit)
Sherlock Mine
Unnamed Hydromagnesite Occurrence [1]
Western Magnesite Company Mine
Western Mines (Western Magnesite Mine)
Winship Mine

Latitude: 37°24'53"N
Longitude: 121°28'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.414722222222,-121.47805555556

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	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	None	Quartz	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 Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote None Quartz Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bementite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*

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
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	176096	173
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	176094	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	176091	1025
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	176096	7437
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	176103	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			6	176092,176095,176100,176101,176102,176105	1487
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	176098	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	176088,176096	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	161	161	0		6417

2 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
	podchrome-00019	161	161	Middle Jurassic (161.13±0.11, 161.167±0.093 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)										Cr	92379	Western Magnesite Company Mine, Red Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	Western Magnesite Company	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00020	161	161	Middle Jurassic (161.13±0.11, 161.167±0.093 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)										Cr	92386	Winship Mine, Red Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	Winship Properties	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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