Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 228
Youngest recorded age at locality: 210

mindat Locality ID: 215543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Elias Bushati Property

Latitude: 37°56'48"N
Longitude: 119°9'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.946666666667,-119.16638888889

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	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Boulangerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	228	210	1	164462	843
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	228	210	1	164462	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	228	210	1	164462	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	228	210	1	164462	372

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_466	Granite dike 30-40 ft thick cutting quartz monzonite of Lee Vining Canyon, tramway 0.8 km S of Silver Lake See Table A1.
Michelle_467	Quartz monzonite of Lee Vining Canyon down tramway from MA16
Michelle_468	Quartz monzonite of Lee Vining Canyon, Tioga Road, 1.8 km E of Tioga Peak See Table A1.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_466	210	210	210	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	71	Zircon	215543	Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA	Near Lee Vining Canyon (dike)	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).
Michelle_467	210	210	210	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	72	Zircon	215543	Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA	Lee Vining Canyon	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).
Michelle_468	210	210	210	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	73	Zircon	215543	Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA	Lee Vining Canyon	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group T (Triassic 195-225 ma).
NAVDAT-130506	228	216	222±6				130506		215543	Lee Vining Canyon, Lee Vining, Tioga District, Mono Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...