Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Unnamed Lava Flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 208736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Lava Flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°1'21"N
Longitude: 117°50'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.0225,-117.83833333333

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.

Amorphous	Cristobalite	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel	Tridymite

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 Fe H K O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Cristobalite Feldspar None Olivine Pyroxene Spinel Tridymite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Clinoferrosilite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Clinoferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	5.3	0.01	18
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	5.3	0.01	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	5.3	0.01	371
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	0.01	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5.3	0.01	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5.3	0.01	2349
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	5.3	0.01	458

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-10355	1.14	1.02	1.08±0.06		10355		208736	Unnamed Lava Flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10358	1.14	1.02	1.08±0.06	sanidine	10358	Sanidine	208736	Unnamed Lava Flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-5318	5.3	0.01	2.66+2.64/-2.65		5318		208736	Unnamed Lava Flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-5348	0.11	0.09	0.1±0.01		5348		208736	Unnamed Lava Flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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