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Locality Name:
Challenge Deposit, Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Challenge Deposit, Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°27'57"N
Longitude: 122°15'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.465833333333,-122.25444444444
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 C Ca Cl Cr Fe H Hg Mg N Na O S Se Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteNoneQuartzSphaleriteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edgarbaileyite  (*)
Eglestonite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Montroydite  (*)Mosesite  (*)Quartz  (*)Terlinguaite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)
Tunisite  (*)Wattersite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl091
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Edgarbaileyite  (*)NoneHg1+6Si2O706
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)036
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O40311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mercury  (*)NoneHg0397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS0255
Montroydite  (*)NoneHgO029
Mosesite  (*)None(Hg2N)Cl06
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl022
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe083
Tunisite  (*)NoneNaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl05
Wattersite  (*)NoneHg1+4Hg2+O2(CrO4)03


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