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:
Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Napa Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 29235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Napa Co., California, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Aetna Extension Mine
Aetna Mine
Astute Mine
Chrome Center Claim
Crystal Creek Claim
Enterprise Engineering Company - Pope Creek Placers (Pope Creek Placers)
Fourth Of July Claim
Glad I Found You No. 2 Claim
Granada Mine (Switzer Mine; Toyon Mine)
Hastings Prospect
James Creek
Liberty Occurrence
Napa Copper Mine
Oat Hill Extension Mine (Anderson Mine)
Oat Hill Mines
Philadelphia Mine
R. H. Travis And Associates Property
Rice & Jacobson (Ries And Jacobsen)
Scott Ranch Property
Tarry Claim
Unnamed Cr Mine (6)
Unnamed Cr Occurrence (10)
Unnamed Cr Prospect (13)
Unnamed Hg Occurrence (12)
Unnamed Hg Occurrence (14)
Unnamed Hg Occurrence (7)
Unnamed Mn Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Mn Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Mn Occurrence (3)
Whitney Mine
Williamson Lease Mine

Latitude: 38°40'40"N
Longitude: 122°27'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.677777777778,-122.46583333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Kaolinite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur

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 C Ca Cl Cr Fe H Hg Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epsomite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	165033,165039	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl			1	165040	91
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	164	164	7	165027,165028,165029,165031,165032,165045,165048	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			9	165026,165030,165033,165036,165039,165040,165041,165055,165056	2600
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	165040	484
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	165039,165040	5591
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			2	165026,165040	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			2	165026,165040	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			2	165026,165040	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	165026,165033,165039,165040	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	165033,165039	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	165040	2045

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-00335	164	164	Middle Jurassic (161-168 Ma)										Cr	83637	Astute Mine, Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Napa Co., California, USA	Astute	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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