Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Valley Ford, Sonoma Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 215516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valley Ford, Sonoma Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ebabias Creek
North Of Valley Ford
Unnamed Jadeite Occurrence (1)
Unspecified Apatite Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 38°18'50"N
Longitude: 122°56'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.313888888889,-122.93361111111
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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparLawsoniteNonePyroxene

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Jadeite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)
Omphacite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11805518803
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11805541025
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)22180551,180553286
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O60154
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1180553121
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61180551229


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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