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Locality Name:
Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 85
Youngest recorded age at locality: 85

mindat Locality ID: 208940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alabama-Mohawk Mine (Mohawk)
Lone Pine Quarry
Luella Mine (Abe Lincoln Mine)
Sharp Mine
Sunrise View Mines (Lucky Strike And Sunrise View Mine)
Unnamed Beryl Occurrence [2]
Unnamed Microcline Occurrence [1]
Washington Mine

Latitude: 36°38'30"N
Longitude: 118°5'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.641666666667,-118.09666666667

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.

Allophane	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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 Au Be Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	85	85	1	156906	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	85	85	1	156901	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	85	85	1	156903	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	85	85	1	156906	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	85	85	5	156901,156903,156904,156905,156908	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	85	85	2	156901,156903	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	85	85	1	156907	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	85	85	2	156901,156903	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	85	85	4	156901,156903,156905,156908	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_446	Quartz monzonite of Alabama Hills, road about 3.2 km N of Tuttle Creek, 1.6 km S of Lone Pine Creek See Table A1.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_446	85	85	85	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age		zircon	51		Yes	Zircon			254166	Alabama Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA	Alabama Hills	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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