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Locality Name:
Calistoga, Calistoga District (Silverado District), Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Napa Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calistoga, Calistoga District (Silverado District), Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Napa Co., California, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Clark And March Kaolin Mine
Elephant Vein
Great Western Mine
Kellett Mine
Petrified Forest
The Palisades [range]
Twin Peaks
Unnamed Hg Occurrence (6)
Unnamed Stone Occurrence (3)
Unnamed Stone Occurrence (5)
Unspecified Cu-Mn Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 38°35'28"N
Longitude: 122°34'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.591111111111,-122.56666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousArsenopyriteBotryogenClayCopperCoquimbiteGypsumMarcasiteMelanterite
MilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRömeriteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
Starkeyite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Botryogen  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Millerite  (*)Opal  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Saponite  (*)Silver  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11649982793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11649989052
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O116499845
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11649981382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411650033902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS5164993,164994,164995,165002,1650032600
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O1165002136
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2116500835
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211650029895
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O0107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS116499824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu116499830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11649986890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22164998,1650025674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2164998,165002915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1165002397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1165002255
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11650031066
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2164995,1650022994
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31164998733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32164993,1649981425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2116500239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116499861156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1165002115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1165002293
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1165003301
Silver  (*)CopperAg11649985186
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe116499483



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