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:
Diablo Range, Monterey Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 225760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diablo Range, Monterey Co., California, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bedell Cu Occurrence
Bedell Deposit (Bedell Prospect)
Coalinga Area
Mee Ranch
Middle Mountain
Parkfield District
Priest Valley
Webb & Mingus Deposit

Latitude: 35°57'51"N
Longitude: 120°27'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.964166666667,-120.46527777778

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Garnet	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Magnesite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montroydite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Garnet None Pyrite Quartz Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	164661	11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	164657	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	164669	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	164653	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	164666	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	9	164654,164655,164660,164661,164662,164663,164667,164668,164672	2600
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	3	164643,164659,164671	1487
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2	164661,164672	255
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	1	164667	29
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	164661	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	164661	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	164646,164661	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	164660,164661	2045
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	164649	212
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	164674	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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