Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mendenhall No. 1 Mine (Cedar Mountain Mine; Mendenhall Chrome Mines; Mendenhall Mine; Newman Mine), Cedar Mountain, Cedar Mountain District, Diablo Range, Alameda Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161
Youngest recorded age at locality: 161

mindat Locality ID: 73398
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73398.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mendenhall No. 1 Mine (Cedar Mountain Mine; Mendenhall Chrome Mines; Mendenhall Mine; Newman Mine), Cedar Mountain, Cedar Mountain District, Diablo Range, Alameda Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°33'26"N
Longitude: 121°36'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.557222222222,-121.61166666667

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Cr H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Feldspar Garnet None Quartz Serpentine Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Quartz ()*	Uvarovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	161	161	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	161	161	708
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	161	161	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	161	161	1756
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	161	161	311
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	161	161	61156
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	161	161	212

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
	podchrome-00001	161	161	Middle Jurassic										Cr	73398	Mendenhall No. 1 Mine (Cedar Mountain Mine; Mendenhall Chrome Mines; Mendenhall Mine; Newman Mine), Cedar Mountain, Cedar Mountain District, Diablo Range, Alameda Co., California, USA	Newman	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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