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Locality Name:
Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 550.71
Youngest recorded age at locality: 288.78

mindat Locality ID: 102294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°16'35"N
Longitude: 82°38'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.276388888889,-82.6425
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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat
13 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
USGS-Rb-Sr-02721550.71496.71523.71±27Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02722331.85331.85331.85Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingwhole rock     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02723350.93350.93350.93Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingbiotite     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02724350.93350.93350.93Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingmicrocline   Microcline  102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02725441441441Rb-Srage not evaluatedwhole rock     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02726333.8333.8333.8Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingbiotite     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02727324.99324.99324.99Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingk-feldspar     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02728288.78288.78288.78Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingwhole rock     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02729288.78288.78288.78Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingbiotite     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02730305.38305.38305.38Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingmicrocline   Microcline  102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02731407.87407.87407.87Rb-Srage not evaluatedwhole rock     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02732303.31303.31303.31Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingk-feldspar     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02733295.63295.63295.63Rb-Srage of uplift and coolingbiotite     102294Penrose Quarry, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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