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Locality Name:
Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 48

mindat Locality ID: 208949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA": 66
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Banner Ridge
Casa Diablo Mountain
Casa Diablo Mountain Quadrangle

Latitude: 37°38'27"N
Longitude: 118°32'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.640833333333,-118.54972222222
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.

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 Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteGarnetLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2164070,1640802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2164057,1640832734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22164025,1640575509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116403027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62164057,164083359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11640704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27164024,164025,164030,164037,164056,164057,16408227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11640701382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11640573531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611640304135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4164026,164030,164060,1640618173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12164024,164025,164037,164046,164051,164052,164056,164057,164070,164074,164082,16408324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11640837437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2394821164024,164025,164032,164033,164037,164039,164041,164045,164046,164050,164055,164056,164057,164058,164059,164065,164066,164069,164072,164082,16408330554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311640301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33164026,164030,16403114640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22164057,164083987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42164026,16403114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23164025,164057,16408312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25164037,164046,164052,164056,1640805674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23164030,164060,1640615800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2164057,164083362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22164030,16404917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2164060,1640612994
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)3164030,164060,164061494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32164074,1640801425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213164024,164025,164030,164037,164045,164046,164052,164056,164057,164074,164080,164082,16408339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811640309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22394822164025,164030,164032,164037,164039,164041,164045,164046,164050,164052,164055,164056,164057,164058,164059,164065,164066,164069,164072,164074,164082,16408361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)8164028,164030,164049,164069,164070,164075,164077,1640874894
Silver  (*)CopperAg3164052,164056,1640745186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2164024,16407421482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2164057,164083156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211640263337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311640745317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1164083605


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_464Rhyolite dike cutting quartz-sericite hornfels, 0.4 km E of Moran Spring on road NE of peak 7489 See Table A1.


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-U-Th-Pb-01102_206_238160.7160.7160.7206_238 zircon   Zircon  83124Garnet Occurrence, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01102_207_206245245245207_206 zircon   Zircon  83124Garnet Occurrence, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01102_207_235166.2166.2166.2207_235 zircon   Zircon  83124Garnet Occurrence, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01103_206_238159159159206_238 zircon   Zircon  83124Garnet Occurrence, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01103_207_206245245245207_206 zircon   Zircon  83124Garnet Occurrence, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01103_207_235164.5164.5164.5207_235 zircon   Zircon  83124Garnet Occurrence, Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
Michelle_4644848148U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon69  Zircon  83316Reo Group (Red Group), Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USANear Moran Spring (dike)Chen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group J (Jurassic 140-195 ma).
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01100_206_238156.3156.3156.3206_238 zircon   Zircon  83316Reo Group (Red Group), Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01100_207_206239239239207_206 zircon   Zircon  83316Reo Group (Red Group), Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01100_207_235161.5161.5161.5207_235 zircon   Zircon  83316Reo Group (Red Group), Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01101_206_238122.5122.5122.5206_238 zircon   Zircon  83316Reo Group (Red Group), Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01101_207_206209209209207_206 zircon   Zircon  83316Reo Group (Red Group), Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01101_207_235126.9126.9126.9207_235 zircon   Zircon  83316Reo Group (Red Group), Banner Ridge, Chidago District, Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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