Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 248070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Mountain, Black Wonder District, Diablo Range, Stanislaus Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Black Bart Mine Group
Claim 14 Black Wonder Group (Look Out Claim; Black Mike Claim; Black Point; Black Rock)
Hampton Mine (Cummings Lease)
High Line Claim (Mitchell)
Look Out Claim And Wooden Spoon (Gigax)
Platner Prospect
Red Mountain Mine
Red Mountain-Del Puerto Ultramafic Mass
Unnamed Cr-PGE [Pd-Pt-Ir-Rh-Ru] Prospect (1)

Latitude: 37°24'59"N
Longitude: 121°25'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.416388888889,-121.42361111111

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	Clay	None	Pyroxene	Serpentine	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: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay None Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Chromite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	180616	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	180622	3250
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4	180616,180618,180621,180624	3902
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	180623	944
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	180621,180622	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	180622	1487
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	180623	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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