Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Hillsdale Mine (Chaboya-Hillsdale Mine; San Juan Bautista Mine; San Juan Mine; San Juan Quicksilver Mine; Sheboya Mine; Chapman Mine; Oak Hill Mine), Oak Hill, San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 92222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-92222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hillsdale Mine (Chaboya-Hillsdale Mine; San Juan Bautista Mine; San Juan Mine; San Juan Quicksilver Mine; Sheboya Mine; Chapman Mine; Oak Hill Mine), Oak Hill, San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°17'21"N
Longitude: 121°51'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.289166666667,-121.85777777778
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 Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparLawsoniteMicaNone
QuartzStilpnomelaneTitanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Lawsonite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)20286
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0121
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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