Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idria (New Idria), 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: 58543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idria (New Idria), New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Elkafajo Mine
Gypsy Mine
H. G. Quicksilver Mine
New Idria Mine (New Idria Group; New Hope Vein)
New Idria Mine-San Carlos Mine Intervening Area
New Idria Serpentine Mass
New Idria-Creek Pit Mine (Sulphur Springs Mine; New Idria Gr.)
New Idria-Molina Mine (Molino Mine)
Ranchito Mine (New Idria-Ranchito Mine)
Reported Fe Occurrence [1]
Rozzum Ridge Cr Occurrence
San Carlos Mine (New Idria-San Carlos Mine)
Silver Creek Deposit
Standard Group (Jerome Claim)
Unnamed Hg Placer [2]
Unspecified Cr Occurrence [2]
Wilbur Ellis Company Bentonite Deposit
Yellow Cat Mine (Junnila Mine [original; Not Current])

Latitude: 36°24'42"N
Longitude: 120°40'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.411666666667,-120.675

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Artinite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Epsomite	Garnet
Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Voltaite

Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Artinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coalingite ()*	Diadochite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Idrialite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Koninckite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 C Ca Cr F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O P S Sb Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Artinite Calcite Chlorite Clay Epsomite Garnet
Gypsum Hydrotalcite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vesuvianite Vivianite Voltaite

37 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	2	170164,170171	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5.3	1	170161	9052
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	5.3	1	170159	75
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.3	1	170161	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5.3	2	170164,170169	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	1	170159	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	6	170153,170156,170160,170161,170162,170165	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5.3	3	170164,170169,170171	1756
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	5.3	1	170159	27
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	5.3	1	170156	81
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5.3	1	170171	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5.3	2	170156,170161	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	170156	484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5.3	1	170166	6890
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	5.3	2	170158,170159	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	5.3	1	170159	87
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	5.3	1	170171	367
Idrialite ()*	None	C₂₂H₁₄	5.3	1	170156	15
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.3	1	170156	2228
Koninckite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·3H₂O	5.3	1	170156	19
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	5.3	1	170167	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	1	170163	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	1	170161	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	170156	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	5.3	2	170156,170161	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	3	170156,170161,170165	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	5.3	1	170156	1066
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	1	170156	40
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	5.3	1	170164	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	1	170161	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	2	170161,170165	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5.3	2	170154,170156	3418
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	5.3	1	170156	83
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	5.3	2	170164,170169	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	5.3	1	170164	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	5.3	1	170157	636
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	5.3	1	170156	111

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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