Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Burn's Flat
Fisher Ranch Mine
Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry)
Syke Ranch

Latitude: 39°42'17"N
Longitude: 123°29'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.704722222222,-123.49055555556

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Lawsonite	Mica	None	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Stilpnomelane
Talc	Titanite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Calderite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Deerite ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Howieite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zussmanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Lawsonite Mica None Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Stilpnomelane
Talc Titanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	163541	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	163541	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	163541	2353
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	163541	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	163541	27770
Calderite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	163541	17
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	163541	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	163541	1025
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	2	163539,163541	27
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	163541,163542	286
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	163541	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	163541	223
Howieite ()*	None	Na(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al,Mg)₁₂(Si₆O₁₇)₂(O,OH)₁₀	1	163541	16
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	163541	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	163541	154
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	163541	234
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	163541	121
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	163541	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	163541	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	163541	17380
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	163541	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	163541	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	163541	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	163541	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	163541,163542	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	163541	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	163541	1214
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	163541	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	163541	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	163541	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	163541	2562
Zussmanite ()*	Clay	K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄	1	163541	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-15	Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-15
FKM-141	Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-141
FKM-147	Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-147
R070393	Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070393
R060031	Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060031
R050448	Laytonville Quarry (Longvale; Longvale Quarry), Laytonville, Coastal Range, Mendocino Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050448

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