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Locality Name:
Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1735.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 212195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bumper Group
Chemehuevi Peak
Whale Mountain

Latitude: 34°38'57"N
Longitude: 114°35'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.649166666667,-114.59388888889
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: C Cu Fe H O Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupSpinelWurtzite

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Franklinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211711355509
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O4117113552
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2117113512537
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO117113598


11 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
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02269_206_238329.3329.3329.3206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02269_207_206142414241424207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02269_207_235508.4508.4508.4207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02270_206_238254.7254.7254.7206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02270_207_206135613561356207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02270_207_235399.6399.6399.6207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02271_206_238243.8243.8243.8206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02271_207_2351735.30384.3±1351207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02272_206_238315.5315.5315.5206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02272_207_206143414341434207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02272_207_235493.2493.2493.2207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  88145Blue Boy Prospect (Blue Boy Mine), Whale Mountain, Chemehuevi Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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