Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monterey Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 26806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monterey Co., California, USA": 302
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 224

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Big Sur River
Castroville
Cholame Hills
Cholame Valley
Chualar
Del Monte Forest
Diablo Range
Gabilan Range
Gonzales
King City
Monterey
Monterey Bay
Pacific Grove
Prunedale
Rianda Mine
Salinas
San Lucas
Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range)
Seaside
Sierra De Salinas
Soledad
Spreckels
Vaquero Canyon

Latitude: 36°25'50"N
Longitude: 121°25'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.430555555556,-121.42944444444

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Blödite	Brucite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite
Ludwigite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Ni O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Blödite Brucite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite
Ludwigite Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Sulphur

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Blödite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montroydite ()*
Nesquehonite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vonsenite ()*
Xonotlite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	164827	3419
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	164832	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	164733	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	164685,164879	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	164791	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	164685	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	164661,164681	11547
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	164629	130
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	164791	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			7	164628,164711,164787,164799,164803,164909,164915	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	164627	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	164733	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	164657	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	164669,164788,164879	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	164653,164795	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	164666,164791,164807,164834	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			14	164654,164655,164660,164661,164662,164663,164667,164668,164672,164787,164799,164803,164909,164915	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	167	167	1	164853	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	164898	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	164829	1025
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	164791	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	164692,164831,164848	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	164791,164898	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	164733	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃			1	164898	70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			9	164810,164812,164814,164820,164865,164866,164871,164878,164879	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	167	21	0		2812
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	164791	205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	164711	741
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	164791	407
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	164791	359
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	164711	134
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	167	167	2	164797,164853	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			4	164643,164659,164671,164700	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	164684,164711	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	164684,164685,164733	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	164714	915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			2	164661,164672	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	164694	5800
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO			1	164667	29
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O			1	164798	80
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			9	164661,164716,164747,164748,164749,164750,164752,164753,164781	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	164635,164723,164755	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	164791	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	164898	2273
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	164722	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	164744,164901	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	164661,164788,164799,164803,164879	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	164646,164661,164694,164848	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	164794	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	164828,164848	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	164898	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	164692,164707	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	164733	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			3	164791,164810,164898	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	164880	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	164660,164661	2045
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	164797	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	167	167	2	164649,164853	212
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	164711	62
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			1	164674	109
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	167	21	0		56

2 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
	NAVDAT-34015	25	21	23±2					34015						83630	Whaler's Cove Mine, Whalers Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	podchrome-00002	167	167	Middle Jurassic (170-164)										Cr	83485	Daisy Mine (South Slope Mine; Little Daisy Mine; Eldebren Chrome Mine), Los Burros Creek Tributary, Plaskett, Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey Co., California, USA	Daisy	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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