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Locality Name:
Stayton Mine (Stayton Quicksilver Mine; Pacific Claim Of Stayton Group), Antimony Peak, Stayton District (McLeod District; Panoche District), Diablo Range, Merced Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stayton Mine (Stayton Quicksilver Mine; Pacific Claim Of Stayton Group), Antimony Peak, Stayton District (McLeod District; Panoche District), Diablo Range, Merced Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°55'2"N
Longitude: 121°13'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.917222222222,-121.21861111111
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: Al Ca Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteBotryogenClayCopiapiteEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteMelanteriteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreRömeriteStibniteSulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Botryogen  (*)Cervantite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Römerite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O045
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O30179
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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