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Locality Name:
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: 299552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idria Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine (Morning Star)
Buena Vista Prospect (Buena Vista Deposit)
Clear Creek Deposits
Spanish Mine

Latitude: 36°23'37"N
Longitude: 120°41'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.393611111111,-120.6925

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	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Epsomite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Natrolite	None
Pectolite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coalingite ()*	Copper ()*
Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Mercury ()*	Natrolite ()*	Népouite ()*	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 Hg Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	5.3	1	170175	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	1	170173	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	2	170173,170176	2600
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	5.3	1	170175	27
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	1	170175	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	5.3	1	170175	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5.3	1	170175	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	170175	484
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	5.3	1	170175	341
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	5.3	1	170175	154
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	5.3	3	170173,170174,170175	311
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	5.3	1	170176	397
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	5.3	1	170175	1236
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	1	170173	66
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	5.3	1	170175	363
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	5.3	1	170175	48
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	5.3	1	170175	452
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	2	170174,170175	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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