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Locality Name:
Victor Claim (Victor Mine), Picacho 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: 25897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Victor Claim (Victor Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°22'0"N
Longitude: 120°42'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.366666666667,-120.70277777778

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Benitoite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Covellite	Digenite
Feldspar	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Joaquinite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica	Natrolite	Neptunite	None
Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anilite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Bario-orthojoaquinite ()*	Benitoite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorstrophite ()*	Fresnoite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Joaquinite-(Ce) ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neptunite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Orthojoaquinite-(Ce) ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Strontiojoaquinite ()*	Taramellite ()*	Titanite ()*	Titantaramellite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Benitoite Brochantite Calcite Chlorite Clay Covellite Digenite
Feldspar Garnet Hydrotalcite Joaquinite Malachite Melilite Mica Natrolite Neptunite None
Pectolite Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite Wollastonite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5.3	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5.3	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	1534
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	5.3	88
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	3250
Bario-orthojoaquinite ()*	Joaquinite	Ba₄Fe²⁺₂Ti₂O₂(SiO₃)₈·H₂O	5.3	2
Benitoite ()*	Benitoite	BaTiSi₃O₉	5.3	20
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	5.3	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5.3	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5.3	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5.3	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5.3	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	5.3	2740
Fluorstrophite ()*	Apatite	SrCaSr₃(PO₄)₃F	5.3	9
Fresnoite ()*	Melilite	Ba₂TiO(Si₂O₇)	5.3	17
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	5.3	154
Joaquinite-(Ce) ()*	Joaquinite	NaBa₂Fe²⁺Ti₂Ce₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)·H₂O	5.3	11
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.3	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	5.3	1236
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	5.3	49
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5.3	2349
Orthojoaquinite-(Ce) ()*	Joaquinite	NaBa₂Fe²⁺Ce₂Ti₂(SiO₃)₈O₂(O,OH)·H₂O	5.3	3
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	5.3	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	5.3	369
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	48
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	57
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	5.3	456
Strontiojoaquinite ()*	Joaquinite	(Na,Fe)₂Ba₂Sr₂Ti₂(SiO₃)₈(O,OH)₂·H₂O	5.3	4
Taramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Fe³⁺,Ti)₄O₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x	5.3	8
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5.3	4899
Titantaramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Ti,Fe³⁺,Mg)₄(O,OH)₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x	5.3	10
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5.3	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	212
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	5.3	251
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	5.3	1247

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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