Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Los Burros Creek Tributary, Plaskett, Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 167

mindat Locality ID: 219340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Los Burros Creek Tributary, Plaskett, Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Daisy Mine (South Slope Mine; Little Daisy Mine; Eldebren Chrome Mine)

Latitude: 35°53'56"N
Longitude: 121°20'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.898888888889,-121.34

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cr H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChloriteClayGarnetNoneSpinel

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Clinochlore  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)816716711648531756
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41671671164853311
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)31671671164853212



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-00002167167Middle Jurassic (170-164)       Cr83485Daisy Mine (South Slope Mine; Little Daisy Mine; Eldebren Chrome Mine), Los Burros Creek Tributary, Plaskett, Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USADaisyMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


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