Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sweetwater Mine (San Juan Mine; Pierce And Benadom Group), Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 163
Youngest recorded age at locality: 163

mindat Locality ID: 91994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-91994.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sweetwater Mine (San Juan Mine; Pierce And Benadom Group), Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°25'5"N
Longitude: 120°45'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.418055555556,-120.75361111111

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.

Clay	None	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 Cr Fe H Mg O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay None Serpentine Spinel

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	163	163	708
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	163	163	407
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	163	163	311
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	163	163	1934

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-00013	163	163	Middle Jurassic (163.3±1.1 Ma, U-Pb apatite-feldspar isochron in gabbro)										Cr	91994	Sweetwater Mine (San Juan Mine; Pierce And Benadom Group), Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA	Sweetwater	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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