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Locality Name:
Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 3457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Esquire No. 7 Claim
Esquire No. 8 Claim (Lander's Gillespite Locality)
Unnamed Clinohumite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°55'18"N
Longitude: 119°14'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.921666666667,-119.24722222222
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ba Ca Cl Fe H K O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteAstrophylliteBaryteBenitoiteCalciteCerchiaraiteChalcopyrite
ClayEdingtoniteEricssoniteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGillespiteHumiteMargarosaniteMelilite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodesiteRocksaltScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTobermoriteWollastonite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Alforsite  (*)Anandite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bazirite  (*)
Benitoite  (*)Bigcreekite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Devitoite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Edingtonite  (*)Fencooperite  (*)Ferroericssonite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gillespite  (*)Kampfite  (*)Macdonaldite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muirite  (*)Opal  (*)Pellyite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodesite  (*)Sanbornite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Taramellite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)
Traskite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Verplanckite  (*)
Walstromite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alforsite  (*)ApatiteBa5(PO4)3Cl1456611555165
Anandite  (*)Mica ClayBaFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10S(OH)145662155516,1555175
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1456611555173250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14566115551711547
Bazirite  (*)BenitoiteBaZrSi3O9145662155516,15551711
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O914566115551620
Bigcreekite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·4H2O1456611555163
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)145662155516,15551727770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)145662155516,155517100
Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Al4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]145662155516,1555174
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Fe3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]145662155516,1555176
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566115551627198
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2145661155518236
Devitoite  (*)AstrophylliteBa6Fe2+7Fe3+2(Si4O12)2(PO4)2(CO3)O2(OH)4145662155516,1555173
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6145662155516,1555174135
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O14566115551726
Fencooperite  (*)NoneBa6Fe3+3Si8O23(CO3)2Cl3·H2O1456611555162
Ferroericssonite  (*)EricssoniteBaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)145662155516,1555173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1456611555162740
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)145662155516,15551717
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566115551624243
Gillespite  (*)GillespiteBaFe2+Si4O10145662155516,1555179
Kampfite  (*)NoneBa12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl51456611555162
Macdonaldite  (*)RhodesiteBaCa4Si16O36(OH)2·10H2O145662155516,1555175
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21456611555165800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1456611555171508
Muirite  (*)NoneBa10Ca2Mn2+TiSi10O30(OH,Cl,F)10145662155516,1555173
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1456602994
Pellyite  (*)NoneBa2CaFe2+2Si6O17145662155516,1555175
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)145661155516494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145662155516,15551739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145662155516,1555179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145662155516,15551761156
Rhodesite  (*)RhodesiteKHCa2Si8O19·5H2O14566011
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5145662155516,15551713
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)145662155516,1555174894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566115551621482
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx1456608
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx145662155516,15551710
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)145662155516,155517114
Traskite  (*)NoneBa21Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Ti)4(Ti,Fe,Mg)12(Si12O36)(Si2O7)6(O,OH)30Cl6·14H2O145662155516,1555174
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145662155516,1555172562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21456611555162718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3145661155516212
Verplanckite  (*)NoneBa4Mn2+2Si4O12(OH,H2O)3Cl31456611555161
Walstromite  (*)MargarosaniteBaCa2Si3O9145662155516,1555178
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)145662155516,155517251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31456611555161247


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_501Big Creek - Rush Creek district is known for unique barium minerals. Sanbornite-quartz rock and associated foliated quartzite, occur within metasedimentary blocks in migmatite adjoining a granodiorite pluton


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_50114566CretaceousStratigraphyAge of contact metamorphism   Yes Ba209815Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USARush Creek - Big CreekWalstrom and Leising (2005) MR36_1Age of granodiorite intrusion. Barium deposits result in metasedimentary blocks within migmatite resulting from contact metamorphism.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130083Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130083
R070406Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070406
R060489Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060489
R110043Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110043
R050265Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050265
R150098Esquire No. 7 Claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R150098
R140248Esquire No. 7 Claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R140248
R070634Esquire No. 8 Claim (Lander's Gillespite Locality), Big Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070634

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