Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
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: 225559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plaskett, Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA": 61
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 46
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Alice Quartz Mine
Ancona Mine (Brewery Claim)
Balck Crystal Prospect (Black Crystal Prospect ?)
Bauman Claims (Spruce Creek Placer Deposits; Existence Claim Placer; Providence Claim Placer; One Dollar Claim Lode; Olivine Claim Lode)
Benn And Smith Claims
Blue Jay No. 1 Prospect
Brooklyn Prospect
Bushnell Mine (Yellow Quartz Mine; Green Gold Mine)
Cape San Martin
Charleston Prospect (Grand Pacific Prospect)
Condor Group (New Era; Lucky Moe)
Cool Springs Mine
East Extension No. 1 Prospect (North Extension; Buclimo Mine)
Fighting Bob No. 1 Prospect
Gilbert Au Occurrence
Gold Ore No. 2 Prospect
Goodrich Mine
Grizzly Mine (Ora F No. 2 Mine)
Hammond Claims Prospect
Humbug Placer Mine
Kenner Claim
King Prospect
Limekiln Creek
Lodi Prospect
Logwood Mine
Los Burros Creek Tributary
Los Burros Mine
Lucky Jim Placer (Lodi No. 2 Or 3)
Lucky Jim Placer Prospect (Home Placer)
Manzanita Prospect (Queen; Buclimo Mine; Pine)
Mariposa Mine
Mary S Extension Mine (Blue Jay Mine; Manchester Mine)
Monte Cristo Group
New York Mine (Triangle Claim; California Claim)
Old Man Of The Mountains Mine (Melville; M. M. Mine)
Ophir Prospect
Oregon Mine (Cool Springs Claims)
Plaskett Creek
Queen Hattie Prospect
Rocky Bar Placer Mine
Spruce Creek Placer Deposits (Ralston Mining Company; Gillis Claims; Gorda Mining Company; South Fork Willow Creek)
Stonewall Claim
Toro Quartz Prospect
Treasure Chest Mine
West Extension No. 1 Prospect (South Extension; Buclimo Mine; Mars)

Latitude: 35°53'35"N
Longitude: 121°24'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.893055555556,-121.40666666667

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Garnet	None	Quartz
Rhodonite	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Garnet None Quartz
Rhodonite Serpentine Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Uvarovite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	164827	3419
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	164832	3250
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	164834	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	167	167	1	164853	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	164829	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	164831,164848	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	164820,164865,164866,164871	30554
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	167	167	1	164853	311
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	164848	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	164828,164848	969
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	167	167	1	164853	212

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
	podchrome-00002	167	167	Middle Jurassic (170-164)										Cr	83485	Daisy 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, USA	Daisy	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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