Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Three Rivers, Tulare Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 104
Youngest recorded age at locality: 104

mindat Locality ID: 218010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Three Rivers, Tulare Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Blossom Peak
Britten Granite Pit
Carter Deposit
Unnamed Mo Prospect [3]
Unnamed Wollastonite-Vesuvianite Occurrence [1]
Unspecified Garnet Occurrences [2]

Latitude: 36°25'42"N
Longitude: 118°53'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.428333333333,-118.89638888889

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	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	104	104	1	182655	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	104	104	0		3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	104	104	2	182651,182659	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	104	104	1	182655	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	104	104	1	182659	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	104	104	1	182651	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	104	104	1	182660	1544
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	104	104	1	182655	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	104	104	1	182651	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	104	104	1	182651	4894
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	104	104	1	182659	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	104	104	1	182659	1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_450	Quartz diorite across from Three Rivers post office, Hwy. 198 See Table A1. Pluton described as "unnamed."

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
	Michelle_450	104	104	104	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age		zircon	55			Zircon			218010	Three Rivers, Tulare Co., California, USA	Three Rivers	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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