Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kelsey Mine, San Gabriel Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1205
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1167

mindat Locality ID: 13814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kelsey Mine, San Gabriel Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°11'29"N
Longitude: 117°53'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.191388888889,-117.88888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Copper	None	Perovskite	Skutterudite	Vivianite

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: Ag As Ba Co H Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Co H Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Copper None Perovskite Skutterudite Vivianite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Erythrite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1205	1167	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1205	1167	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1205	1167	11547
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1205	1167	814
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1205	1167	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1205	1167	531

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_125	1205	1167	1186±19	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			28941	San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA	Mendenhall Peak	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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