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:
Clear Creek Deposits, Idria Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 25080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clear Creek Deposits, Idria Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°22'51"N
Longitude: 120°42'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.380833333333,-120.71611111111

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.

Analcime	Copper	Epsomite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Pyroxene
Spinel	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Coalingite ()*	Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Reevesite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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 B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Copper Epsomite Gadolinite Garnet Hydrotalcite Natrolite None Pectolite Pyroxene
Spinel Thomsonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	5.3	1627
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	5.3	27
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	5.3	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5.3	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	484
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	5.3	341
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	5.3	154
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	5.3	311
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	5.3	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	5.3	363
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	48
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	5.3	452
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	212

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00045	5.3	0		?-?						Yes		Calomel, Cinnabar, Clearcreekite, Deanesmithite, Edgarbaileyite, Edoylerite, Gianellaite, Hanawaltite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite, Mosesite, Peterbaylissite, Schuetteite, Szymanskiite, Tedhadleyite, Terlinguaite, Tiemannite, Wattersite, Eglestonite	Hg	6418	New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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