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Locality Name:
Tesla, Livermore District (Tesla District), Diablo Range, Alameda Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 211489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tesla, Livermore District (Tesla District), Diablo Range, Alameda Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Bartlett Mine (Livermore Deposit)
Chaney Winship-Doak Mine (Winship-Donovan Mine; Chaney Deposit; Chaney Lease)
Ellis Ranch Deposit
Mendenhall Mine
Reay Deposit (Ace Of Diamonds; Graves Claims)
Ryan Ranch Mine
Taylor And Pitcher Mine
Tesla Sand And Clay Company Mine
Unknown Silica Prospect [1]
Unnamed Gemstone Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Gemstone Occurrence [2]
Unnamed Kaolinite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Lawsonite Occurrence [3]
Unnamed S Occurrence [1]
Winship Properties [1]
Winship Properties [3]
Winship Properties [4]

Latitude: 37°38'4"N
Longitude: 121°36'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.634444444444,-121.60222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChloriteClayLawsoniteNoneRutileSpinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Neotocite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411504493902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811504491756
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21150458286
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1150458121
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1150447186
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211504523106
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11504471711


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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