Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Indian Wells Canyon District, Kern Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 147

mindat Locality ID: 209784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indian Wells Canyon District, Kern Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Indian Wells
Inyokern
Morris Peak
Owens Peak

Latitude: 35°39'48"N
Longitude: 117°54'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.663333333333,-117.91305555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite
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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Borax ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Epidote ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	159656	8803
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	159646	76
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	159656	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	159642	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	159656	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	147	5	159642,159653,159654,159655,159658	8173
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	159648	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	159640	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	159642,159653	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	159657	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	159642,159653,159656	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	150	147	7	159642,159644,159653,159654,159655,159656,159658	4894

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-44299	150	147	148.5±1.5					44299						80168	Kerntung Group, Morris Peak, Indian Wells Canyon District, Kern Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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