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Locality Name:
Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Corundum Mine), Baker, Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 946
Youngest recorded age at locality: 74

mindat Locality ID: 3543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Corundum Mine), Baker, Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°14'39"N
Longitude: 116°13'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.244166666667,-116.22194444444
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 O 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CorundumNone

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Corundum  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O39467401797


16 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
Kristen001901120.2120.2 206Pb/238U zirconnm(-2) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1329
Kristen001902113.7113.7 206Pb/238U zirconm(1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1330
Kristen001903115.1115.1 206Pb/238U zirconm(-1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1331
Kristen001904127127 206Pb/238U zirconm(-2) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1332
Kristen001905130130 206Pb/238U zirconm(-1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1333
Kristen001906138.7138.7 207Pb/235U zirconnm(-2) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1334
Kristen001907138.3138.3 207Pb/235U zirconm(1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1335
Kristen001908132.1132.1 207Pb/235U zirconm(-1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1336
Kristen001909154.4154.4 207Pb/235U zirconm(-2) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1337
Kristen001910176.6176.6 207Pb/235U zirconm(-1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1338
Kristen001911472464468±4207Pb/206Pb zirconnm(-2) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1339
Kristen001912586580583±3207Pb/206Pb zirconm(1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1340
Kristen001913452446449±3207Pb/206Pb zirconm(-1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1341
Kristen001914603595599±4207Pb/206Pb zirconm(-2) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1342
Kristen001915946766856±90207Pb/206Pb zirconm(-1) YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1343
Kristen00191613474104±30 time of cyrstallization of plutonhighzircon  YesZircon  211081Silurian Hills, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino Co., California, USASilurian HillsWalker and Wardlaw (1989)10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<1574:IOPAMR>2.3.CO;2GSAB101_1574age of Otto Mountain from Kampf et al. (2010), AM95_1344

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