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Locality Name:
Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143
Youngest recorded age at locality: 92.8

mindat Locality ID: 14584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Garnet Ledge
Gem Hill
Mesa Grande
Mesa Grande Deposit

Latitude: 33°11'50"N
Longitude: 116°49'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.197222222222,-116.81888888889

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Columbite	Corrensite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Topaz	Tourmaline
Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beyerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Fersmite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hambergite ()*	Herderite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Microcline ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Oxy-schorl ()*
Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rynersonite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiocolumbite ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Stokesite ()*	Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tosudite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Analcime Apatite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Columbite Corrensite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Topaz Tourmaline
Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	143	92.8	7	174805,174807,174811,174812,174813,174818,174827	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	143	92.8	1	174807	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	143	92.8	1	174807	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	143	92.8	1	174807	244
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	143	92.8	0		1036
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	143	92.8	1	174807	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	143	92.8	8	174805,174806,174807,174811,174813,174818,174824,174827	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	143	92.8	1	174807	96
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143	92.8	1	174807	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	143	92.8	1	174807	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	174822	27198
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	143	92.8	1	174807	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	143	92.8	2	174807,174818	181
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	143	92.8	1	174807	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	102.4	93.1	9	174805,174806,174807,174808,174811,174812,174813,174814,174827	520
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	143	92.8	2	174807,174813	83
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	143	92.8	1	174807	31
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	143	92.8	1	174807	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	143	92.8	1	174807	445
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	143	92.8	1	174807	1544
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	143	92.8	1	174807	81
Herderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)F	143	92.8	1	174807	20
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	143	92.8	1	174807	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	143	92.8	1	174807	1271
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	143	92.8	3	174807,174811,174813	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	102.4	93.1	1	174813	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	143	92.8	1	174807	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	96	94	7	174805,174807,174808,174811,174812,174818,174827	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	174818,174824	2349
Oxy-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	143	92.8	1	174807	9
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	143	92.8	1	174807	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	174822	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	174822	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	102.4	93.1	11	174805,174806,174807,174808,174811,174812,174814,174818,174824,174827,174829	61156
Rynersonite ()*	Aeschynite	CaTa₂O₆	143	92.8	2	174807,174813	14
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	102.4	93.1	10	174805,174806,174807,174808,174811,174812,174814,174818,174824,174827	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	174826	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	143	92.8	3	174807,174811,174813	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	143	92.8	3	174807,174813,174818	688
Stibiocolumbite ()*	None	SbNbO₄	143	92.8	1	174807	13
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	143	92.8	3	174807,174813,174814	53
Stokesite ()*	None	CaSnSi₃O₉·2H₂O	143	92.8	1	174807	21
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	143	92.8	1	174807	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	143	92.8	1	174807	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	143	92.8	1	174807	1476
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	143	92.8	1	174807	36
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	143	92.8	1	174807	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	143	92.8	1	174807	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000329	Himalaya mine and nearby localities are found within the Peninsular Ranges Batholith

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Bradley_2012_108	96	94	95±1	Ar/Ar		muscovite	Muscovite		3559	Himalaya Mine (Himalaya Dikes; Himalaya Pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	Himalaya Mine	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Giersdorf_00000326	95.7	95.1	95.4±0.3	Ar-Ar				Muscovite	3559	Himalaya Mine (Himalaya Dikes; Himalaya Pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	Himalaya Mine	Fisher et al. (1999)	10.1080/00357529809603033	RM73_156
Giersdorf_00000327	93.7	93.1	93.4±0.3	Ar-Ar	The lepidolite crystallized at a different age than the muscovite				3559	Himalaya Mine (Himalaya Dikes; Himalaya Pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	Himalaya Mine	Fisher et al. (1999)	10.1080/00357529809603034	RM73_156
Giersdorf_00000328	93.4	92.8	93.1±0.3	Ar-Ar	The lepidolite crystallized at a different age than the muscovite				3559	Himalaya Mine (Himalaya Dikes; Himalaya Pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	Himalaya Mine	Fisher et al. (1999)	10.1080/00357529809603035	RM73_156
Giersdorf_00000329	143	101	143-101	K-Ar					3559	Himalaya Mine (Himalaya Dikes; Himalaya Pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	Peninsular Ranges Batholith	Fisher et al. (1999)	10.1080/00357529809603036	RM73_156	Age of the batholith
Giersdorf_00000330	102.4	94.4	98.4±4	K-Ar					6785	San Diego Mine (K. C. Naylor Mine), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	San Diego Mine	Fisher et al. (1999)	10.1080/00357529809603037	RM73_156
Giersdorf_00000331	101.1	93.1	97.1±4	K-Ar				Muscovite	6785	San Diego Mine (K. C. Naylor Mine), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	San Diego Mine	Fisher et al. (1999)	10.1080/00357529809603038	RM73_156

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050232	Himalaya Mine (Himalaya Dikes; Himalaya Pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA	https://rruff.info/R050232

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