Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 229300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA": 118
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 92

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bodega
Camp Meeker
Cazadero
Forestville
Fort Ross
Freestone
Guerneville District
Occidental
Russian River District
Venado
Warm Springs Dam

Latitude: 38°29'32"N
Longitude: 123°'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.492222222222,-123.015

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cristobalite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lawsonite	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Deerite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*
Howieite ()*	Idrialite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lawsonite ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Taneyamalite ()*	Titanite ()*
Vaesite ()*	Winchite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cristobalite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Lawsonite Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164	164	2	180206,180226	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	180226	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	180226	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	164	164	2	180206,180284	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	180223	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	180251	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	180224	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	180221,180266	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	180251	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	180215	173
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	180251	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	164	164	8	180208,180210,180219,180251,180299,180303,180312,180315	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			3	180251,180252,180319	2600
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	180319	453
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅			2	180225,180226	27
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	180251	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	180226,180278	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164	164	7	180206,180224,180226,180248,180284,180285,180320	286
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180226	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	180230	14640
Howieite ()*	None	Na(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al,Mg)₁₂(Si₆O₁₇)₂(O,OH)₁₀			3	180225,180226,180287	16
Idrialite ()*	None	C₂₂H₁₄			1	180319	15
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			1	180246	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	180251	5591
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	164	164	4	180206,180216,180227,180248	121
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	180251	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			9	180251,180292,180293,180296,180300,180301,180302,180304,180309	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	180251	14899
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			3	180250,180258,180259	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			3	180251,180318,180319	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	180251	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	180227,180319	17380
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O			1	180294	80
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			3	180226,180277,180285	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	180251,180319	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	180319	511
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O			1	180287	43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	180251	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	180314	3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	180285	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	180226,180251,180287	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			2	180318,180319	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	180215	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	180226	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180226	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	180226	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	180319	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			2	180225,180226	456
Taneyamalite ()*	None	(Na,Ca)Mn²⁺₁₂(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₄₄			1	180226	5
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	180226,180284	4899
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂			1	180251	106
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	180226	51
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	180213	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00344	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)	Cr	95768	Sonoma Chrome Inc. Deposit (Meeker Chrome Mine), Camp Meeker, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Sonoma Chrome	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00340	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)	Cr	95714	Laton Mine (Layton Mine; Parmeter Ranch; Yellow Streak Mine; Burl Prospect; Lone Bird Prospect; Slats Prospect; Serpentine Prospect; Rattlesnake Claim; Red Slide Claim), Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Laton (Yellow Streak)	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00341	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)	Cr	95714	Laton Mine (Layton Mine; Parmeter Ranch; Yellow Streak Mine; Burl Prospect; Lone Bird Prospect; Slats Prospect; Serpentine Prospect; Rattlesnake Claim; Red Slide Claim), Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Laton (Slats-Rattlesnake)	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00342	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)	Cr	95720	Madeira Claim, Venado, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Madeira Claim	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00343	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)	Cr	95763	Rough Crossing Claim, Venado, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Rough Crossing SE	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00345	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)	Cr	95844	Welch Prospect, Venado, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	Welch Prospect	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050333	Cazadero, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050333
R061129	Occidental, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R061129
R060466	Skaggs Springs, Warm Springs Dam, Coast Range, Sonoma Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060466

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