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:
Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 217187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Borges Prospect
Brownlie Mine (Brownlie Property)
Hastings Mine
Lake Herman Quarry
St. Johns Mine (St. John Mine; Vallejo Mine; St. Johns Quicksilver Mine)
Unnamed Hg Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Hg Occurrence [2]
Unnamed Stone Quarry [1]

Latitude: 38°7'20"N
Longitude: 122°10'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.122222222222,-122.18

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.

Epsomite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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: Fe H Hg Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Epsomite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Epsomite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	180179,180180,180181,180183	2600
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	180183	484
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	180183	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	180181	255
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	180181	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	180183	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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