Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Butler Estate Chrome Deposit, Wright Mountain, 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: 212219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Butler Estate Chrome Deposit, Wright Mountain, New Idria District, Diablo Range, Fresno Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Butler Estate No. 1 Mine
Holman Mine
Mistake Mine (Butler Estate Mine; Mistaken; Big Ridge & Mistake Mine; James-Thickston; James-Thickstun Mine)

Latitude: 36°18'26"N
Longitude: 120°32'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.307222222222,-120.54333333333

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.

Aragonite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	None	Serpentine	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 O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chlorite Clay Corundum Garnet None Serpentine Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	1	155722	3250
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5.3	1	155723	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5.3	1	155723	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5.3	0		1797
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	5.3	0		341
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	0		359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	5.3	1	155723	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	0		14899
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	0		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		?-?						Yes		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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