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Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USAi
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Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range)Mountain Range
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Latitude & Longitude:
35° North , 120° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~105km
Mindat Locality ID:
210158
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:210158:6
GUID (UUID V4):
c4731464-5a8b-40e4-bad9-4631f0edcb88


The Santa Lucia Mountains is a coastal range (Pacific Coast Ranges) running from Monterey, Monterey County, SE for 105 miles (170 km) to San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County. The highest summit is Junipero Serra Peak, 1,784 metres (5,853 feet) in Monterey County.

The rock of the Santa Lucias is dominated by granitic basement of the Salinian Block, between the San Andreas Fault and Sur-Nacimiento Fault. According to plate tectonic theory, the core of the Salinian block formed as part of the same batholith which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Peninsular Ranges of Baja California. It was broken off the North American Plate and transported north by the action of the San Andreas Fault from an original position. It is predominantly Mesozoic granitic and pre-Cretaceous metamorphic rocks. There is some Cretaceous sedimentary rock of the Great Valley Sequence, considerable Miocene marine sediments, and some other Tertiary sediments. Units west of the Sur-Nacimiento fault are dominated by rocks of the Franciscan Assemblage. (Wikipedia)

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49 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Description: Termed "sodic plagioclase."
Allophane
Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Antigorite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Description: Occurs in a 1 to 2 foot (0.3 to 0.6 meter) vein.
Bieberite
Formula: CoSO4 · 7H2O
Description: Occurs as an alteration product of linnaeite.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Calcite var. Limestone Onyx
Formula: CaCO3
Calomel
Formula: [Hg2]2+Cl2
Cervantite
Formula: Sb3+Sb5+O4
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Localities: Reported from at least 50 localities in this region.
Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
Localities: Reported from at least 27 localities in this region.
'Clinoptilolite Subgroup'
Formula: M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O
Copper
Formula: Cu
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Epsomite
Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O
Description: Occurs as an alteration product with other sulphates.
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
Glaucophane
Formula: ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Description: Occurs as lawsonite-glaucophane schist.
Gold
Formula: Au
Description: Placer material.
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Hercynite
Formula: Fe2+Al2O4
Hercynite var. Picotite
Formula: (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
Jadeite
Formula: Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Description: Occurs as pods to several hundred pounds in cliff on the beach.
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
'K Feldspar'
Description: Or 42-63. Occurs as fibrous intergrowths with albite and quartz in the peripheral portions of geodes.
Laumontite
Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Habit: typical crystals as groups and clusters and vein fillings
Colour: white
Lawsonite
Formula: CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
Description: Occurs as lawsonite-glaucophane schist.
'Limonite'
Linnaeite
Formula: Co2+Co3+2S4
Description: Occurs as isometric micro-crystals in fractured vein quartz, altering to bieberite.
Magnesiochromite
Formula: MgCr2O4
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Magnesite
Formula: MgCO3
Description: Occurs as small veins in serpentine.
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Description: Occurs as sheaves of slender crystals in chalcedony vugs with occasional cinnabar crystals perched on millerite needles.
Melanterite
Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Mercury
Formula: Hg
Metacinnabar
Formula: HgS
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Habit: Acicular
Description: Occurs as needle-like crystals to ½ inch (1.5 cm) in ore.
Montmorillonite
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
'Moonstone'
Description: There does not appear to be any "moonstone", nor any other variety of feldspar (except as a micro rock-forming constituent of some igneous beach pebbles), on Moonstone Beach, contrary to the beliefs of some local inhabitants, who confuse the milky white chalcedony pebbles with "moonstone", and who do sell genuine moonstone jewelry (imported) in the local tourist shops.
Morenosite
Formula: NiSO4 · 7H2O
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Habit: free growing hexagonal tabular crystals in voids and pockets
Colour: silvery clear
Description: found as superb micro crystals associated with quartz and laumontite in pockets in serpentine
Neotocite
Formula: (Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
Habit: amorphous
Colour: black
Description: as mass's of amorphous black material in and with quartz crystals in veins throughout serpentine country rock
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Habit: hexagonal
Colour: clear to milky
Description: found as nice single crystals (to 1 cm) and clusters in veins in serpentine
Quartz var. Agate
Quartz var. Agate-Jasper
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Localities:
Quartz var. Myrickite
Formula: SiO2
Rhodochrosite
Formula: MnCO3
Schuetteite (TL)
Formula: Hg2+3(SO4)O2
Type Locality:
Description: Abundant on dump.
'Serpentine Subgroup'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Siegenite ?
Formula: CoNi2S4
Colour: Deep apple-green (?)
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
'Stibiconite'
Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
Talc
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Tridymite
Formula: SiO2
Vivianite
Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Gold1.AA.05Au
Copper1.AA.05Cu
Mercury1.AD.05Hg
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Metacinnabar2.CB.05aHgS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Linnaeite2.DA.05Co2+Co3+2S4
Siegenite ?2.DA.05CoNi2S4
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Calomel3.AA.30[Hg2]2+Cl2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Hercynite4.BB.05Fe2+Al2O4
Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Magnesiochromite4.BB.05MgCr2O4
Hercynite
var. Picotite
4.BB.05(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Agate-Jasper4.DA.05SiO2
var. Myrickite4.DA.05SiO2
var. Agate4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Tridymite4.DA.10SiO2
Cervantite4.DE.30Sb3+Sb5+O4
'Stibiconite'4.DH.20Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite
var. Limestone Onyx
5.AB.05CaCO3
5.AB.05CaCO3
Magnesite5.AB.05MgCO3
Rhodochrosite5.AB.05MnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Schuetteite (TL)7.BB.40Hg2+3(SO4)O2
Melanterite7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Bieberite7.CB.35CoSO4 · 7H2O
Epsomite7.CB.40MgSO4 · 7H2O
Morenosite7.CB.40NiSO4 · 7H2O
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Vivianite8.CE.40Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Lawsonite9.BE.05CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
Jadeite9.DA.25Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Tremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Glaucophane9.DE.25◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Talc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Montmorillonite9.EC.40(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Antigorite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Allophane9.ED.20(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Neotocite9.ED.20(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Laumontite9.GB.10CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Unclassified
'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'
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'K Feldspar'-
'Psilomelane'-
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Moonstone' ?-
'Clinoptilolite Subgroup'-M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O
'Limonite'-
'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
H AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
H BieberiteCoSO4 · 7H2O
H Clinoptilolite SubgroupM3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O
H EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
H Glaucophane◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
H LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
H MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
H MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
H Neotocite(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
H TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
H Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
H VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
H Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C MagnesiteMgCO3
C Calcite var. Limestone OnyxCaCO3
C RhodochrositeMnCO3
OOxygen
O Quartz var. Agate-JasperSiO2
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
O AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BaryteBaSO4
O BieberiteCoSO4 · 7H2O
O CalciteCaCO3
O CervantiteSb3+Sb5+O4
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O Clinoptilolite SubgroupM3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
O Glaucophane◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HematiteFe2O3
O HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
O JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
O LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
O MagnesiteMgCO3
O MagnesiochromiteMgCr2O4
O MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
O MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
O Neotocite(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
O Calcite var. Limestone OnyxCaCO3
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
O RhodochrositeMnCO3
O SchuetteiteHg32+(SO4)O2
O SpinelMgAl2O4
O StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
O TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
O Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
O TridymiteSiO2
O VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
O Quartz var. MyrickiteSiO2
O Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Glaucophane◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Na JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Na Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
MgMagnesium
Mg AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
Mg Glaucophane◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Mg MagnesiteMgCO3
Mg MagnesiochromiteMgCr2O4
Mg Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Mg Neotocite(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
Mg SpinelMgAl2O4
Mg TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Mg Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Mg Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Al Clinoptilolite SubgroupM3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O
Al Glaucophane◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Al HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Al JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Al LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Al SpinelMgAl2O4
Al Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. Agate-JasperSiO2
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Si AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si Clinoptilolite SubgroupM3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O
Si Glaucophane◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Si JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Si LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Si Neotocite(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Si Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Si TridymiteSiO2
Si Quartz var. MyrickiteSiO2
Si Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
PPhosphorus
P VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S BieberiteCoSO4 · 7H2O
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S CinnabarHgS
S EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S LinnaeiteCo2+Co23+S4
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
S MetacinnabarHgS
S MilleriteNiS
S MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SchuetteiteHg32+(SO4)O2
S SiegeniteCoNi2S4
S StibniteSb2S3
ClChlorine
Cl Calomel[Hg2]2+Cl2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca LaumontiteCaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Ca LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
Ca Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Ca Calcite var. Limestone OnyxCaCO3
Ca Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Cr MagnesiochromiteMgCr2O4
Cr Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
MnManganese
Mn Neotocite(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
Mn RhodochrositeMnCO3
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Fe JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Fe Neotocite(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3 · H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Fe Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
CoCobalt
Co BieberiteCoSO4 · 7H2O
Co LinnaeiteCo2+Co23+S4
Co SiegeniteCoNi2S4
NiNickel
Ni MilleriteNiS
Ni MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
Ni SiegeniteCoNi2S4
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu CopperCu
SbAntimony
Sb CervantiteSb3+Sb5+O4
Sb StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
Sb StibniteSb2S3
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
AuGold
Au GoldAu
HgMercury
Hg Calomel[Hg2]2+Cl2
Hg CinnabarHgS
Hg MercuryHg
Hg MetacinnabarHgS
Hg SchuetteiteHg32+(SO4)O2

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