Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.5

mindat Locality ID: 213964
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213964.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Commercial Quarry
Lone Star Quarry
Wet Weather Quarry

Latitude: 34°1'11"N
Longitude: 117°23'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.019722222222,-117.38388888889

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brucite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Danburite	Descloizite	Epidote	Ettringite
Feldspar	Gadolinite	Ganomalite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Löllingite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica
Minium	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite
Zircon

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 As B C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brucite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Danburite Descloizite Epidote Ettringite
Feldspar Gadolinite Ganomalite Garnet Gypsum Humite Löllingite Malachite Melilite Mica
Minium Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tobermorite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Wöhlerite
Zircon

105 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Afwillite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Bultfonteinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Clintonite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*
Foshagite ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hillebrandite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merwinite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nasonite ()*	Nekoite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Periclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Riversideite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scawtite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Serendibite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spurrite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thorite ()*	Tilleyite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wayneburnhamite ()*
Wightmanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	145.5	65.5	1	169055	3419
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	41
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	706
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	145.5	65.5	1	169055	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	462
Bultfonteinite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)F·H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	20
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	285
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145.5	65.5	1	169055	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	145.5	65.5	1	169056	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1025
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	86
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	2970
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	145.5	65.5	1	169055	67
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	145.5	65.5	1	169055	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	8173
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	93
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	145.5	65.5	1	169055	52
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	33
Foshagite ()*	None	Ca₄(SiO₃)₃(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	19
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	114
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	145.5	65.5	1	169055	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169056	1689
Hillebrandite ()*	None	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	17
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	762
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	145.5	65.5	1	169055	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	12537
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	23
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	145.5	65.5	1	169055	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	145.5	65.5	1	169056	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	17380
Nasonite ()*	None	Ca₄Pb₆(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	6
Nekoite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₆O₁₅·7H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169057	8
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	471
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	2349
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	145.5	65.5	1	169055	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	145.5	65.5	1	169057	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	145.5	65.5	1	169055	712
Riversideite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂·2H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	5614
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	25
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	2705
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	241
Serendibite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₆Al₆]O₄[Si₆B₃Al₃O₃₆]	145.5	65.5	1	169055	19
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	1	169056	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	54
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169057	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	589
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5317
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	183
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1006
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	19
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	145.5	65.5	1	169057	114
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	145.5	65.5	2	169055,169056	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	1395
Wayneburnhamite ()*	Ganomalite	Pb₉Ca₆(Si₂O₇)₃(SiO₄)₃	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1
Wightmanite ()*	None	Mg₅O(BO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O	145.5	65.5	1	169055	3
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145.5	65.5	3	169055,169056,169057	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	145.5	65.5	1	169055	109
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145.5	65.5	1	169055	1025

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
	Mo-00055	145.5	65.5		?-?, Map						Yes		Molybdenite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	3449	Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA		Daly (1935); Morton (2003)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070195	Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070195

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