Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs Area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs Area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°45'47"N
Longitude: 122°45'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.763055555556,-122.75805555556

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edgarbaileyite ()*
Eglestonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montroydite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tiemannite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Hg Mg O S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Hg Mg O S Se Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Edgarbaileyite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₆Si₂O₇	6
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	36
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	29
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	83

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070277	Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs Area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R070277

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