Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kearsarge Mine (Kearsarge Group; Cliff Mine), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2860
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2657

mindat Locality ID: 13766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kearsarge Mine (Kearsarge Group; Cliff Mine), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°46'53"N
Longitude: 118°19'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.781388888889,-118.3225

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Corundum	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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: Ag C Cl Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cl Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Corundum None Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2860	2657	2793
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2860	2657	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2860	2657	1382
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2860	2657	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2860	2657	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2860	2657	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00968_206_238	2657	2657	2657	206_238	zircon	Zircon	13766	Kearsarge Mine (Kearsarge Group; Cliff Mine), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00968_207_206	2860	2860	2860	207_206	zircon	Zircon	13766	Kearsarge Mine (Kearsarge Group; Cliff Mine), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00968_207_235	2774	2774	2774	207_235	zircon	Zircon	13766	Kearsarge Mine (Kearsarge Group; Cliff Mine), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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