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Locality Name:
Stayton District (McLeod District; Panoche District), Diablo Range, Merced Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stayton District (McLeod District; Panoche District), Diablo Range, Merced Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Antimony Peak
Cathedral Peak

Latitude: 36°56'28"N
Longitude: 121°12'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.941111111111,-121.21166666667
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 Ca Fe H Hg K Mg O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H K O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenoliteBaryteBotryogenClayCopiapiteEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteKaolinite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRömeriteStibniteSulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Baryte  (*)Botryogen  (*)Cervantite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Römerite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1163748272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)116375011547
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O116374845
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41163748352
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3163747,163748,1637502600
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1163748382
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1163748484
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11637486890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1163748409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43163747,163748,1637505591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1163748915
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1163748265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22163747,16374839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116375061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1163748115
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31163748179
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1163748446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33163746,163747,1637483418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11637482045
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31163748369


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