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Locality Name:
Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°58'46"N
Longitude: 122°2'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.979444444444,-122.04777777778
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 As 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: Al As 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 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBenitoiteBrucite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCoronaditeCovelliteCylindriteDiasporeEpsomiteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHumiteLöllingiteMalachiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScapoliteScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSphaleriteStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteSymplesiteTalc
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineVivianiteWurtzite

74 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  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Franckeite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Huntite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kornelite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Népouite  (*)Pabstite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Talc  (*)
Taramellite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Witherite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4074
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)0100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F20285
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4069
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS20230
Kornelite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·7H2O (?)021
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)0176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S240158
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)4066
Pabstite  (*)BenitoiteBaSnSi3O904
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O092
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx08
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx010
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)0251
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O025
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-220Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-220
FKM-238Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-226-to-fkm-250/#FKM-238
R140342Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R140342
R070093Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070093
R060386Pacific Cement And Aggregate Company (Thurber; Pacific Limestone Products Co.; Pacific Limestone Products Quarry; Kalkar Quarry), Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060386

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