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Locality Name:
Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 147
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.38

mindat Locality ID: 211106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bench Creek (Bench Canyon) - North Fork San Joaquin River Confluence Area
Devils Postpile National Monument
Garnet Lake
Island Pass
Minarets District (Mountain District; Raymond District; Minaret District)
Unspecified Phosphate Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 37°40'11"N
Longitude: 119°9'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.669722222222,-119.15888888889
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGarnetLinariteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Grossular  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211623193419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311622992353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511622861310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3162303,162343,1623502734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11623273250
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311623391935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411623435516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)116234927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2162319,1623504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23162310,162333,16234327198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62162341,1623444135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3162319,162334,1623448173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1162335345
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32162319,1623441544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311622855433
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21162303987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43.90.383162291,162317,16231914899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211623355800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22162286,16234917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3.90.3811622922349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211623192273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4162296,162345,162348,162349260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23162317,162326,16233339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)23162284,162285,162286771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2116234961156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2162295,162344969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11623104894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS116231021482


7 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-3692910.80.9±0.1   36929    215362Devils Postpile National Monument, Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3693010.80.9±0.1   36930    215362Devils Postpile National Monument, Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-75383.90.382.14±1.76   7538    215362Devils Postpile National Monument, Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
USGS-Rb-Sr-05444147121134±13Rb-Srage of volcanismwhole rock     81781Silver King Prospect, Banner Peak, Minarets District (Mountain District; Raymond District; Minaret District), Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-05445147121134±13Rb-Srage of volcanismwhole rock     81781Silver King Prospect, Banner Peak, Minarets District (Mountain District; Raymond District; Minaret District), Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-05446147121134±13Rb-Srage of volcanismwhole rock     81781Silver King Prospect, Banner Peak, Minarets District (Mountain District; Raymond District; Minaret District), Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-05407102.197.799.9±2.2Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     81825Vera Mae Claims (Vera Mae No. 4 Claim; Vera Mae No. 5 Claim), Iron Mountain (3), Minarets District (Mountain District; Raymond District; Minaret District), Ritter Range, Madera Co., California, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

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