Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 212547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Aho Mine (Aho Property; Drum Mine)
Cazadero Highway Occurrence
Gray Prospect
Hayden Prospect
Laton Mine (Layton Mine; Parmeter Ranch; Yellow Streak Mine; Burl Prospect; Lone Bird Prospect; Slats Prospect; Serpentine Prospect; Rattlesnake Claim; Red Slide Claim)
Northeast Of Cazadero
Unnamed Cr Occurrence (4)
Unnamed Zeolite Occurrence (1)
Unspecified Aragonite Occurrence
Unspecified Garnet Occurrence (1)
Ward Creek (1)
Ward Creek (2)
West Fork Gualala River

Latitude: 38°34'0"N
Longitude: 123°8'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.566666666667,-123.14916666667

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	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Lawsonite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bementite ()*	Chromite ()*	Deerite ()*	Epidote ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Howieite ()*	Lawsonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Taneyamalite ()*	Titanite ()*
Winchite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Lawsonite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180226	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	180226	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	180226	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	180223	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	180224	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	180221	5509
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	180215	173
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	164	164	1	180219	3902
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅			2	180225,180226	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	180226	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	180224,180226	286
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180226	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	180230	14640
Howieite ()*	None	Na(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al,Mg)₁₂(Si₆O₁₇)₂(O,OH)₁₀			2	180225,180226	16
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	180216,180227	121
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	180227	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	180226	229
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	180226	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	180215	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	180226	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180226	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	180226	5614
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			2	180225,180226	456
Taneyamalite ()*	None	(Na,Ca)Mn²⁺₁₂(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₄₄			1	180226	5
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	180226	4899
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180226	51

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-00340	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)										Cr	95714	Laton Mine (Layton Mine; Parmeter Ranch; Yellow Streak Mine; Burl Prospect; Lone Bird Prospect; Slats Prospect; Serpentine Prospect; Rattlesnake Claim; Red Slide Claim), Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Laton (Yellow Streak)	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00341	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)										Cr	95714	Laton Mine (Layton Mine; Parmeter Ranch; Yellow Streak Mine; Burl Prospect; Lone Bird Prospect; Slats Prospect; Serpentine Prospect; Rattlesnake Claim; Red Slide Claim), Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Laton (Slats-Rattlesnake)	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050333	Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050333

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