Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 161

mindat Locality ID: 217936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA": 80
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 72

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Alum Rock
Black Mountain
East Foothills
Eylar Mountain
Mount Hamilton
Red Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain

Latitude: 37°23'26"N
Longitude: 121°35'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.390555555556,-121.58861111111

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.

Alumohydrocalcite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Atacamite	Baryte	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Harmotome	Humite
Lawsonite	Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Welinite

Aegirine ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*
Amesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Berthierine ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Corrensite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Franciscanite ()*	Gageite ()*
Ganophyllite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Howieite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Kempite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lawsonite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Santaclaraite ()*	Saponite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sonolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alumohydrocalcite Amorphous Amphibole Atacamite Baryte Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Harmotome Humite
Lawsonite Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Welinite

47 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	176037	1022
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	176062	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	176037,176081,176086	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	176062	77
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	176080	46
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄			1	176081	74
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	176062,176112	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	176096	173
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄			1	176081	59
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	176112	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	176081,176112	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	176112	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	176094	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	176081	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	176091	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	176112	3846
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O			1	176081	49
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			2	176111,176112	453
Franciscanite ()*	Welinite	Mn²⁺₆(V⁵⁺ )(SiO₄)₂O₃(OH)₃			1	176112	3
Gageite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂₁Si₈O₂₇(OH)₂₀			1	176112	14
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)			1	176062	45
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	176037,176046,176081	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	176096	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	176112	290
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			2	176062,176112	350
Howieite ()*	None	Na(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al,Mg)₁₂(Si₆O₁₇)₂(O,OH)₁₀			1	176112	16
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			2	176056,176103	341
Kempite ()*	Atacamite	Mn²⁺₂Cl(OH)₃			1	176062	3
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	176112	234
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	176064	1271
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			4	176035,176075,176081,176084	121
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	176085	210
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			7	176042,176092,176095,176100,176101,176102,176105	1487
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂			1	176111	38
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	176086	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	176081	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	176086	2994
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂			1	176062	56
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	176049,176070	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			10	176039,176040,176047,176049,176059,176069,176070,176081,176098,176112	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			6	176040,176045,176062,176088,176096,176112	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	176040,176112	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	176112	375
Santaclaraite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)₂·H₂O			1	176112	2
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	176081	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	161	161	1	176087	6417
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂			1	176112	50

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-00019	161	161	Middle Jurassic (161.13±0.11, 161.167±0.093 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)										Cr	92379	Western Magnesite Company Mine, Red Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	Western Magnesite Company	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	podchrome-00020	161	161	Middle Jurassic (161.13±0.11, 161.167±0.093 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)										Cr	92386	Winship Mine, Red Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	Winship Properties	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070516	Unnamed Lithiophorite Occurrence [1], Mount Hamilton, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070516
R060863	Unnamed Lithiophorite Occurrence [1], Mount Hamilton, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060863
R060056	Pennsylvania Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060056
R060346	Pennsylvania Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060346

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