Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Green Mountain, Big Dry Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 483
Youngest recorded age at locality: 483

mindat Locality ID: 217053
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217053.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green Mountain, Big Dry Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Blue Bush Mine (Wolfe Mine)
Brown Bird Mine (Lookout)
Clark & Haskell Occurrence
Jackpot And Adrain Alexander Mine (Red Bud; Spanish Peak)
Mountain Quail Mine
Perry Property (Fairview Deposit; Perry Placer)
Powers Mine (H. H. And Moonshine Claims)
Second Thought Mine
Spence Occurrence
Unknown Cr Mine [16]
Unspecified Mo Occurrence
Virginia Mine
Winchester Mine

Latitude: 36°57'40"N
Longitude: 119°24'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.961111111111,-119.40277777778

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Feldspar	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Tourmaline

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 B Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Feldspar Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite Spinel Tourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	155536	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	155536	1310
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	483	483	5	155524,155529,155530,155531,155533	3902
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	155536	1008
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	155534	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	155536	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	155536	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	155527	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	155536	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	155536	1516

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
	podchrome-00032	483	483	Lower Ordovician (483±21 Ma Sm-Nd whole rock and mineral)										Cr	76267	Blue Bush Mine (Wolfe Mine), Green Mountain, Big Dry Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA	Blue Brush	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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