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:
Klau Mine Group, Adelaida, Adelaide District (Adelaide Klau District), Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 225002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Klau Mine Group, Adelaida, Adelaide District (Adelaide Klau District), Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Capitola Mine (Canitela Mine)
Klau Mine (Sierra Morena Mine; Karl Mine; Santa Cruz Mine; Sunderland Mine; Carson Mine)
Mahoney Mine (Buena Vista Deposit; Gould Mine)

Latitude: 35°37'16"N
Longitude: 120°53'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.621111111111,-120.8975

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	Epsomite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
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 Co Fe H Hg Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Epsomite Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bieberite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epsomite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	50
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5.3	2	175484,175485	2600
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	484
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	1	175484	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	5.3	1	175484	249
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.3	1	175484	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	5.3	1	175484	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	5.3	1	175484	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.3	1	175484	84
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	2	175484,175485	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.3	1	175484	61156

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-00128	5.3	0		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar	Hg	206262	Adelaide District (Adelaide Klau District), Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA	California Mercury Occurrences	Studemeister (1984)	10.1007/BF00199786	MD19_202

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