Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Point Summit, Camp Sierra, Fresno Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.4

mindat Locality ID: 211898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Point Summit, Camp Sierra, Fresno Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°14'17"N
Longitude: 119°15'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.238055555556,-119.26

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.

None	Pyroxene

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: Ca Fe Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Pyroxene

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*

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
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	11.2	3.4	0		2060

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-42850	3.8	3.4	3.6±0.2		42850	211898	Black Point Summit, Camp Sierra, Fresno Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-5842	11.2	11	11.1±0.1	whole rock	5842	211898	Black Point Summit, Camp Sierra, Fresno Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7578	10.78	8.82	9.8±0.98		7578	211898	Black Point Summit, Camp Sierra, Fresno Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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