Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Carnelian Bay, Tahoe District, Placer Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.5

mindat Locality ID: 215816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carnelian Bay, Tahoe District, Placer Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Au Prospect [9] (Unnamed Location Prospect)

Latitude: 39°16'26"N
Longitude: 120°5'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.273888888889,-120.09944444444

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

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-130807	6	3.5	4.75±1.25					130807						215816	Carnelian Bay, Tahoe District, Placer Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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