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Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA i
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Saratoga City
Santa Clara County County
California State
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Saratoga	City
Santa Clara County	County
California	State
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Type:

City

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Saratoga	30,968 (2017)

Mindat Locality ID:

227437

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:227437:2

GUID (UUID V4):

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French:

Saratoga, Comté de Santa Clara, Californie, États-Unis

German:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten

Italian:

Saratoga, Contea di Santa Clara, California, Stati Uniti d'America

Russian:

Саратога, Санта-Клара, Калифорния, Соединённые Штаты Америки

Simplified Chinese:

薩拉托加, 聖塔克拉拉縣, 加利福尼亚州, 美国

Spanish:

Saratoga, Condado de Santa Clara, California, Estados Unidos

Arabic:

ساراتوغا, مقاطعة سانتا كلارا, كاليفورنيا, الولايات المتحدة

Basque:

Saratoga, Santa Clara konderria, Kalifornia

Belarusian:

Саратога, Каліфорнія, Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі

Bulgarian:

Саратога, Санта Клара, Калифорния, Съединени американски щати

Catalan:

Saratoga, Califòrnia, Estats Units d’Amèrica

Cebuano:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California

Chechen:

Саратога , Калифорни, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ

Croatian:

Saratoga, Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države

Czech:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Kalifornie, Spojené státy americké

Danish:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Californien, USA

Dutch:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Verenigde Staten

Egyptian Arabic:

ساراتوجا, مقاطعة سانتا كلارا, كاليفورنيا, امريكا

Esperanto:

Saratoga, Kantono Santa Clara, Kalifornio

Farsi/Persian:

ساراتوگا, شهرستان سانتا کلارا، کالیفرنیا, کالیفرنیا, ایالات متحده آمریکا

Gilaki:

ساراتوگا, آمريکا ايجؤنأبؤ ايالتؤن

Haitian:

Saratoga, Kalifòni, Etazini

Hebrew:

סרטוגה, סנטה קלרה, קליפורניה, ארצות הברית

Hungarian:

Saratoga, Santa Clara megye, Kalifornia, Amerikai Egyesült Államok

Indonesian:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, Amerika Serikat

Irish Gaelic:

Saratoga, Contae Santa Clara, California, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá

Japanese:

サラトガ, サンタクララ郡, カリフォルニア州, アメリカ合衆国

Korean:

새러토가, 샌타클래라 군, 캘리포니아주, 미국

Ladin:

Saratoga

Malagasy:

Saratoga, Kalifornia, Etazonia

Mazanderani:

ساراتوگا , کالیفرنیا

Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:

Saratoga

Newar / Nepal Bhasa:

सारातोगा, क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका

Norwegian:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA

Polish:

Saratoga, Hrabstwo Santa Clara, Kalifornia, Stany Zjednoczone

Portuguese:

Saratoga, Condado de Santa Clara, Califórnia, Estados Unidos

Romanian:

Saratoga, Comitatul Santa Clara, California, Statele Unite ale Americii

Serbian:

Саратога, Округ Санта Клара, Калифорнија, Сједињене Америчке Државе

Serbo-Croatian:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države

Silesian:

Saratoga, Kaliforńijo, Zjednoczůne Sztaty

Slovak:

Saratoga, Kalifornia, Spojené štáty

Slovenian:

Saratoga, Kalifornija, Združene države Amerike

South Azerbaijani:

ساراتوقا، کالیفورنیا, کالیفورنیا ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری

Swahili:

Saratoga, California, Marekani

Swedish:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Kalifornien, USA

Tagalog:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, Estados Unidos

Tatar:

Саратога, Калифорния (штат), Америка Кушма Штатлары

Traditional Chinese:

薩拉托加, 加利福尼亞州, 美國

Turkish:

Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Kaliforniya, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri

Ukrainian:

Саратоґа, Санта-Клара, Каліфорнія, Сполучені Штати Америки

Urdu:

ساراٹوگا، کیلیفورنیا, سانتا کلارا کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا, کیلیفورنیا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا

Volapük:

Saratoga, Kalifornän, Lamerikän

Waray:

Saratoga, Condado han Santa Clara, California, Estados Unidos

A populated place (city), located S of Cupertino and San Jose, W of Campbell, along the eastern margin of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.

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ⓘ Limestone

ⓘ Zeolites

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

ⓘ Laumontite

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Limestone

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Laumontite

Formula: CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂ · 4H₂O

Locality: Unnamed Zeolite occurrence [6], Routes 9 & 35 intersection, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA

Description: Authigenic

References:

Madsen, B.M. and Murata, K.J. (1970) Occurrence of laumontite in the Tertiary sandstones of the central Coast Ranges of California. USGS Professional Paper 700-D: 188

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Laumontite	9.GB.10	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂ · 4H₂O

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Laumontite	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂ · 4H₂O
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Laumontite	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂ · 4H₂O
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Laumontite	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂ · 4H₂O
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Laumontite	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂ · 4H₂O
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Laumontite	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂ · 4H₂O

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

1.81 Ma (Pleistocene)

Oldest Fossil Listed

2.59 Ma (Pleistocene)

Stratigraphic Units

Unit	No. Occurrences	Age
Santa Clara	3	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Cervidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae	2.588 - 1.806 Ma Pleistocene
Equus genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Equus*	2.588 - 1.806 Ma Pleistocene
Miracinonyx studeri species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Miracinonyx : *Miracinonyx studeri*	2.588 - 1.806 Ma Pleistocene

Fossil Localities

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USA

California
- Santa Clara County
  - Pleistocene🐚 USGS M-1219

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga,_California
Wikidata ID:	Q927163
GeoNames ID:	5393485

Localities in this Region

USA

California
- Santa Clara County
  - Saratoga

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

North AmericaContinent

Coast MountainsMountain Range

North America PlateTectonic Plate

California Coast RangesAccretionary Complex
Franciscan DomainDomain

USA

California
- Santa Cruz MountainsMountain Range

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