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:
Novato, Marin Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 217702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Novato, Marin Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Burdell Mountain Quarry
Freeman And Sondgroth Quarry
Gaul Mine
Ghilotti Brothers Quarry (Ghilotti Brothers - Marin Company Quarry; Bowman Canyon Quarry; McIsaccs Quarry)
Knutte Mine (Knutte Deposit)
Mazza Prospect (Mazza Ranch Prospect)
Negro Hill Quarry (Nigger Hill)
Petaluma-Point Reyes Road Mn Occurrence
RMP Pit No. 1
Unnamed Hg Claim [1]
Unnamed Pumpellyite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Stone Occurrence [10]
Unnamed Stone Occurrence [5]
Unnamed Stone Occurrence [9]

Latitude: 38°8'20"N
Longitude: 122°36'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.138888888889,-122.61194444444

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.

Calcite	Lawsonite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Fe H Hg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Lawsonite None Pyrite Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	162457,162460	2600
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	162463	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	162460	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	162460	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	162460	1711

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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