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Locality Name:
Castle Rock, Ladd-Buckeye District, Diablo Range, San Joaquin Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 247877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Rock, Ladd-Buckeye District, Diablo Range, San Joaquin Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Callahan Occurrence
Fabian Mine
Ladd Mine (Old Ladd Mine; Corral Hollow Mine; Carral Hollow Mine)
Mahoney Mine (Mahoney No. 1 Mine; Johnson Lease; Johnson Mine; Doak Mine)
Mahoney No. 2 Mine
San Joaquin 7 Mine (Doak; Johnson)
Unnamed Mn Prospect (2)
Unnamed Stone Deposit (1)
Winship-Doak Occurrence

Latitude: 37°36'17"N
Longitude: 121°29'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.604722222222,-121.4975

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 Fe H Mn O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCorundumKaoliniteNoneQuartzRutileSpinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Bementite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)82175294,175295173
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41175295350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3117529514640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411752955591
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1175295770
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2117529561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2175294,1752951711



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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