Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Cruz Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 122.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 99.9

mindat Locality ID: 3570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Cruz Co., California, USA": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aptos
Majors
Pajaro
Rio Del Mar
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Mts
Twin Lakes

Latitude: 36°59'28"N
Longitude: 122°'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.991111111111,-122.00861111111

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Benitoite	Brucite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cylindrite	Diaspore
Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Löllingite	Malachite	Melanterite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Starkeyite
Stibnite	Symplesite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Benitoite Brucite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cylindrite Diaspore
Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite Löllingite Malachite Melanterite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Starkeyite
Stibnite Symplesite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

82 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Amesite ()*	Andradite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Huntite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Kornelite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Népouite ()*	Pabstite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Symplesite ()*	Talc ()*	Taramellite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Titantaramellite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Woodruffite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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	176336	3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	176336	254
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄			1	176336	74
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	176336	1534
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	176336	445
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	176336	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	176336	3250
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	176336	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	176336	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	176336	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	176336	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇			1	176336	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	176336	1966
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	176336	843
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	176336	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	176336,176362	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	176336	5171
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	176336	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	176336	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	176336	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			3	176336,176345,176346	285
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	176336	382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	176336	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	176336	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	176355	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	176336	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	176336	648
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	176336	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	176336	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	176336,176346	1188
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9			1	176336	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	176336	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	176336	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	176327,176329,176343,176366,176381,176383	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	176336	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	176336	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	176336	6890
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	176336	103
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄			1	176336	69
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	176325	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	176336	784
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	176336	230
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)			1	176336	21
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	122.1	99.9	1	176340	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	176336	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	176325,176331	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	176336	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			1	176336	176
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	176336,176338	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄			1	176336	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	176336	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	176336	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	176336	66
Pabstite ()*	Benitoite	BaSnSi₃O₉			1	176336	4
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	176336	767
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	176336,176346	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	176336	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	176336	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	176336	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	176336	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	176336	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	176336	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	176355	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	176336	1153
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			2	176336,176346	241
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	176349	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	176336	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	176336	668
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	176336	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	176336	3418
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	176336	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	176336	3337
Taramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Fe³⁺,Ti)₄O₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x			1	176336	8
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	176336	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	176336,176355	4899
Titantaramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Ti,Fe³⁺,Mg)₄(O,OH)₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x			1	176336	10
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	176336,176339	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	176336	2718
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	176336	251
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	176345	1247
Woodruffite ()*	None	Zn₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀·4H₂O			1	176336	25
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	176336	1655

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
	NAVDAT-51733	122.1	99.9	111±11.1					51733						92416	Unnamed Stone Location [1], Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz Mts, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070311	Miller Quarry, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070311
FKM-220	Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-220
FKM-238	Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-226-to-fkm-250/#FKM-238
R140342	Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R140342
R070093	Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070093
R060386	Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R060386

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