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Locality Name:
Mount Hamilton, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 227080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Hamilton, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Copernicus Peak Prospect
East Mount Hamilton Area
Garzas
Mount Hamilton Prospect (Mt Hamilton Prospect)
Unnamed Crocidolite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Lawsonite Occurrence [2]
Unnamed Lithiophorite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Zeolite Occurrence [5]

Latitude: 37°20'49"N
Longitude: 121°38'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.346944444444,-121.64833333333
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 C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumohydrocalciteAmorphousAmphiboleCalciteChloriteClayCorrensiteFeldsparLawsoniteMica
MordeniteNoneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Amesite  (*)Berthierine  (*)Calcite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Corrensite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2176081,1760868803
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O117608046
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4117608174
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4117608159
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)117608127770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811760811756
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O117608149
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21176081286
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2176081,176084121
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)21176085210
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1176086405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2117608117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11760862994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117608161156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1176081301


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070516Unnamed Lithiophorite Occurrence [1], Mount Hamilton, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070516
R060863Unnamed Lithiophorite Occurrence [1], Mount Hamilton, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Santa Clara Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060863

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