Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cloverdale Area, Mendocino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cloverdale Area, Mendocino Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Russian River
Salt Spring Creek

Latitude: 38°53'38"N
Longitude: 123°1'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.893888888889,-123.03194444444

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.

Adelite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Gadolinite	None
Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Pumpellyite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Datolite ()*
Diopside ()*	Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Hematite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosenhahnite ()*	Vuagnatite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Gadolinite None
Not in a structural group Pectolite Pumpellyite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	163457	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	163457	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	163457	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	163457	27770
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	163457	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	163457	4135
Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Fe³⁺Si₂O₅(OH)	1	163458	9
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	163457	286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	163458	14640
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	163457	154
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	163457	1271
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	163457	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	163457	363
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	163456	106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	163457,163458	61156
Rosenhahnite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₃O₈(OH)₂	1	163457	8
Vuagnatite ()*	Adelite	CaAlSiO₄(OH)	1	163457	14
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	163457	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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