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:
Adelaida, Adelaide District (Adelaide Klau District), Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 221008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adelaida, Adelaide District (Adelaide Klau District), Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Almaden Deposit
Cypress Mountain Group
Dubost Deposit (Dubest Deposit)
Elizabeth And Winona Group
Fine Enterprises Prospect (Tamley Claim; Tamney Group)
Fitzhugh Ranch Deposits (Benton Ranch)
James Wheeler Claims
Kismet Occurrence
Klau Mine Group
La Libertad Mine (Belt Mine; Jacks 7X; Thompson Mine)
Lime Mountain Quarry (Lime Mountain Deposit; Dalessi; Limestone Mountain Quarry)
Little Bonanza Mine (Modoc; Alice; George; Josephine Group; Tartaglia)
Madrone Mine
Mayfield Prospect
Peppard Ranch Deposit
Unnamed Hg Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Pumice Quarry (3)
William Tell Occurrence (Williams)

Latitude: 35°36'28"N
Longitude: 120°55'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.607777777778,-120.92416666667

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	Clay	Epsomite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Bieberite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epsomite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 Co Fe H Hg Mg Ni O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Epsomite Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	50
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	1	175486	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	8	175475,175478,175481,175484,175485,175486,175488,175489	2600
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	484
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	2	175484,175488	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	5.3	1	175484	249
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	1	175484	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	5.3	1	175489	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	2	175484,175486	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	5.3	2	175484,175486	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	84
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	4	175484,175485,175486,175488	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	3	175484,175486,175488	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5.3	1	175486	3418

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
	Hg-00128	5.3	0		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar	Hg	206262	Adelaide District (Adelaide Klau District), Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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