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Locality Name:
Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 228
Youngest recorded age at locality: 210

mindat Locality ID: 209272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bennettville
Lee Vining

Latitude: 37°56'35"N
Longitude: 119°12'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.943055555556,-119.20527777778
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 As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite
VesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11644579052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422821005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112282101164462843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116445727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2116445827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1164458966
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611644574135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11644578173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1164457345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2164458,16446824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4164458,164466,164467,16446830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3116446814640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211644575800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1164457494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22164457,16445839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11644681725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811644589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26164457,164458,164465,164466,164467,16446861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2164456,1644574894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116446521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311644703418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132164458,1644655317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1022821011644621395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO322821011644621247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS2282101164462372


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_466Granite dike 30-40 ft thick cutting quartz monzonite of Lee Vining Canyon, tramway 0.8 km S of Silver Lake See Table A1.
Michelle_467Quartz monzonite of Lee Vining Canyon down tramway from MA16
Michelle_468Quartz monzonite of Lee Vining Canyon, Tioga Road, 1.8 km E of Tioga Peak See Table A1.


4 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_466210210210U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon71  Zircon  215543Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USANear Lee Vining Canyon (dike)Chen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).
Michelle_467210210210U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon72  Zircon  215543Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USALee Vining CanyonChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).
Michelle_468210210210U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon73  Zircon  215543Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USALee Vining CanyonChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).
NAVDAT-130506228216222±6   130506    215543Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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