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Locality Name:
Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 227905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227905.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Oso, Ladd-Buckeye District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Brinkerhoffer Mine (Brown Mine)
Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Mines; Wright Mine)
Clear Creek Mine (Cummings Lease; Clear Creek Deposit)
Coast Manganese Mine (Wright Mine)
Crocker Prospect
Grummett-Knox Mine Group (Mezzero Deposit; Grummett No. 2 Deposit)
Hamilton Deposit (Hospital Canyon; Mitchell)
Ingram Canyon Mine (Tip Top Mine; Seagrave)
Ingram Section 18 Occurrence
Jake Smith Mine (Smith Mine)
Liberty Mine (Deer Park ?)
Mezzero Deposit
Moran Brothers Mine (Moy Mine; Stanislaus County Occurrence)
Section 23 Mine
Sulphur Gulch Prospect
Summit-Grayson Group (Thompson Brothers Prospect)
Sunbeam Manganese Mine (Patterson Mine)
Unnamed Ag Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Mn Prospect (3)
W. J. Hammonds Occurrence

Latitude: 37°30'33"N
Longitude: 121°21'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.509166666667,-121.36638888889
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovellite
DigeniteFeldsparLawsoniteMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxeneRhodoniteRutileSerpentine
SpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTitanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Gageite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Inesite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Neotocite  (*)
Parsettensite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Santaclaraite  (*)Talc  (*)Taneyamalite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611806371022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11806378803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11806373250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)118063711547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81180637173
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1180637483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2180637,18064627770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4118063783
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11806375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2118063727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11806374165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11806371027
Gageite  (*)NoneMn2+21Si8O27(OH)20118063714
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21180637286
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41180637350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118063714640
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O118063750
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1180637121
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211806375800
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1180637186
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O118063743
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2118063739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24180637,180643,180646,1806483106
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2180637,1806481711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1180637969
Santaclaraite  (*)NoneCaMn2+4Si5O14(OH)2·H2O11806372
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211806373337
Taneyamalite  (*)None(Na,Ca)Mn2+12(Si,Al)12(O,OH)4411806375
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11806374899


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