Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 167

mindat Locality ID: 245423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Black Diamond Group
Unknown Cr Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 39°44'10"N
Longitude: 122°35'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.736111111111,-122.59333333333

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	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	None	Spinel	Talc

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: C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Garnet None Spinel Talc

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Opal ()*	Talc ()*
Uvarovite ()*

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
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	156112	3902
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	167	167	2	156110,156111	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	167	167	1	156110	1487
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	167	167	1	156110	2994
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	167	167	1	156110	3337
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	167	167	1	156110	212

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-00314	167	167	Middle Jurassic (167.86+0.32-0.40 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	76712	Black Diamond Mine, Black Diamond Group, Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA	Black Diamond	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00316	167	167	Middle Jurassic (167.86+0.32-0.40 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	76712	Black Diamond Mine, Black Diamond Group, Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA	Black Diamond No. 9	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00317	167	167	Middle Jurassic (167.86+0.32-0.40 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	76712	Black Diamond Mine, Black Diamond Group, Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA	Black Diamond No. 10	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00318	167	167	Middle Jurassic (167.86+0.32-0.40 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	76712	Black Diamond Mine, Black Diamond Group, Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA	Black Diamond No. 5	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00319	167	167	Middle Jurassic (167.86+0.32-0.40 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	76712	Black Diamond Mine, Black Diamond Group, Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA	Black Diamond No. 6-Loleta	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00315	167	167	Middle Jurassic (167.86+0.32-0.40 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	216963	Gray Eagle Mine (Grey Eagle Camp), Black Diamond Group, Red Mountain, Coastal Range, Glenn Co., California, USA	Grey Eagle	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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