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Locality Name:
Black Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 161

mindat Locality ID: 247944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Adobe Valley Mine (Stanislaus Mine)
Black Bear Mine
Black Bolt Claim
Black Mike Mine (Black Point Mine; Black Rock Mine)
Brown Group
Chrome Camp Mine
G. L. Fenster Occurrence
Gerber Deposit (Naval Bombing Range No. 1; Black Wonder)
Grayson Claim
Lucky Girl Mine (Stanislaus Mine)
Mary Lou No. 1 Claim (Black Wonder Prospect; Park Group)
Mexican Prospect No. 1 (Mexican Deposit C Of Black Wonder)
Mexican Prospect No. 3 (Mexican Deposit A Of Black Wonder)
Murmac Group
Park Group
Phoenix Group (Phoenix Mine; Red Mountain; Red Acres Mine; Hayward; Summit)
Summit Deposit
Unnamed Aragonite Occurrences (1)
Winegar Prospect (Summit & Winegar Properties; Orestimba Group Of Phoenix Mines; Red Acres; Orestimba)

Latitude: 37°23'46"N
Longitude: 121°24'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.396111111111,-121.41027777778

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Marcasite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

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 Hg Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Marcasite None Quartz Rutile Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	161	161	1	180597	3250
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	161	161	3	180578,180582,180586	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	161	161	3	180577,180595,180598	2600
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	161	161	1	180583	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	161	161	1	180577	5674
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	161	161	1	180587	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	161	161	3	180580,180587,180588	61156

3 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-00023	161	161	Middle Jurassic (161.13±0.11, 161.167±0.093 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	95861	Black Bear Mine, Black Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA	Black Bear	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00024	161	161	Middle Jurassic (161.13±0.11, 161.167±0.093 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	95874	Chrome Camp Mine, Black Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA	Chrome Camp	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00025	161	161	Middle Jurassic (161.13±0.11, 161.167±0.093 Ma, CA-TIMS, zircon in plagiogranite)	Cr	95914	Lucky Girl Mine (Stanislaus Mine), Black Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA	Lucky Girl	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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