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Locality Name:
Santa Monica Mts, Ventura Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 224082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Monica Mts, Ventura Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Newbury Park
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Thousand Oaks

Latitude: 34°10'57"N
Longitude: 118°53'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.1825,-118.89111111111
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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumGyrolite
MalachiteMicaMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPseudobrookitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Malachite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tungusite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2183906,1839111627
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11839079052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61183907919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211839075509
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21183913309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11839074979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118390727198
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1183911138
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS118390724243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1183907717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118391314640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O118390685
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2118390712537
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O2183906,183911405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11839111236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11839132994
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O51183913164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22183906,18390739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23183906,183911,18391361156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1183911301
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11839072473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS118390721482
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1183907433
Tungusite  (*)GyroliteCa14Fe2+9Si24O60(OH)2211839067
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411839071655


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