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Locality Name:
Music Valley, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 220480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Music Valley, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Music Valley Deposit (Music Valley Rare Earth Deposit)

Latitude: 34°0'37"N
Longitude: 115°55'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.010277777778,-115.92194444444

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 Ca Fe H K Mg O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzSpinelTitaniteZircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)254154111695713419
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4541541116957114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)54154111695714924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541541116957117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)54154111695712349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541541116956761156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O54154111695714899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)5415416169567,169568,169570,169571,169572,169573939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)54154111695715251



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
ree-00695541541Precambrian  low      87191Music Valley Deposit (Music Valley Rare Earth Deposit), Music Valley, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USAMusic ValleyOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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