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Locality Name:
Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 113.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 79.2

mindat Locality ID: 209370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
May Lake
Mount Hoffman
Unspecified U Occurrence [2]
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Village

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P S Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCristobaliteEpidoteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzTitanite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Epidote  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO596.879.211634391310
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O396.879.211634391797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21163444453
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2163442,1634438173
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O113.392.71163450443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211634435800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)296.879.2116343917380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116344361156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO596.879.211634401516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O113.392.711634484899
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1163445628


31 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
NAVDAT-15933918688+3/-2   15933    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3252296.879.288±8.8   32522    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-46301949393+1/-0   46301    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-46302949393+1/-0   46302    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-46303949393+1/-0   46303    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-46304949393+1/-0   46304    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-463059388.590.75±2.25   46305    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-463069388.590.75±2.25   46306    209371May Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41635113.392.7103±10.3   41635    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41636113.392.7103±10.3   41636    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41637105102103+2/-1   41637    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41654113.392.7103±10.3   41654    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41655113.392.7103±10.3   41655    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41656113.392.7103±10.3   41656    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41657113.392.7103±10.3   41657    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41658105102103+2/-1   41658    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41659105102103+2/-1   41659    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41660105102103+2/-1   41660    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41664105102103+2/-1   41664    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41674113.392.7103±10.3   41674    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41675113.392.7103±10.3   41675    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41676105102103+2/-1   41676    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41693113.392.7103±10.3   41693    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41694113.392.7103±10.3   41694    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41695113.392.7103±10.3   41695    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41696113.392.7103±10.3   41696    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41697105102103+2/-1   41697    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41698105102103+2/-1   41698    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41699105102103+2/-1   41699    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-41703105102103+2/-1   41703    218863Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3214111090100±10   32141    251819Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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