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:
Slates Hot Springs, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 225647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slates Hot Springs, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Jackhammer Springs
Junipero Serra Deposit (Watkins Prospect)
Magnesian Marble Occurrence(s)
Marble Peak
Partington Ridge

Latitude: 36°9'9"N
Longitude: 121°31'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.1525,-121.52472222222

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.

Clay	Corundum	Humite	Mica	None	Olivine	Prehnite	Rutile	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 Ca F H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Humite Mica None Olivine Prehnite Rutile Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Clinohumite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	164898	236
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	164898	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	164898	70
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	164898	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	164901	1898
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	164898	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	164898	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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