Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gabilan Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 111.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 226036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gabilan Range, San Benito Co., California, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Bird Canyon Ledge
Bitterwater
Dr. J. M. O'Donnell Deposit
Flint-Steinbeck Deposit
Fremont Peak
Fremont Peak State Park
Garner-Harris Deposits
Hamilton Mine (Hamilton Deposit; Harlan Deposit; McPhail Deposit; Mayries Deposit)
Harlem
Harris Ranch Quarry
Hollister Dolomite Quarry (O'Hara Ranch; Westvaco)
Holthouse Ranch
Martin Ranch Deposits
McCray Ranch Deposits
Paicines
Palmtag-Harris Ranch Deposits
Pearce Quarry (Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Company; San Juan Canyon Quarry; Bryan And Pearce-Twohy Deposits)
Pinnacles National Monument
Power Line Deposits
Quilty Deposit
Reeves Northeast Deposits
Reported Fe Occurrence (2)
Reported Hg Occurrence (5)
San Benito Lime Deposit (Connelly And Kruse; Mayries; San Benito)
San Benito Soap Mine (D. Z. Stewart Prospect)
San Juan Bautista
Underwood Deposits
Unnamed Stone Quarry (4)
Unnamed Stone Quarry (5)
Upper Bird Creek Deposit
Westvaco Mine
Willow Creek Peak

Latitude: 36°42'39"N
Longitude: 121°23'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.710833333333,-121.38833333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Gypsum	Molybdenite	None

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 Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Gypsum Molybdenite None

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Molybdenite ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	170307	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	21	1	170325	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	170304,170306,170311	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			5	170294,170295,170296,170297,170299	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	170328	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			4	170306,170308,170310,170315	1487
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	21	1	170325	5800

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-06343	111.7	101.7	106.7±5	Rb-Sr	whole rock		87805	Harmony Hills Deposit, Fremont Peak, Gabilan Range, San Benito Co., California, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
NAVDAT-34009	25	21	23±2			34009	226062	Pinnacles National Monument, Gabilan Range, San Benito Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34010	25	21	23±2			34010	226062	Pinnacles National Monument, Gabilan Range, San Benito Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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