Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Woody District, Kern Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 132
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 209278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woody District, Kern Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Woody (Weringdale)

Latitude: 35°44'26"N
Longitude: 118°50'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.740555555556,-118.83916666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	160492	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	160492	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	160492	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	160492,160502	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	160493,160499,160500,160501	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	160492	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	160496	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	160492	12537
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	132	108	1	160489	471
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	160496,160502	4894
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	160492	1101

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
	NAVDAT-5633	132	108	120±12					5633						80012	Garces Highway Quarry, Woody (Weringdale), Woody District, Kern Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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