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Locality Name:
Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 195
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.2

mindat Locality ID: 218067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cedar Grove
Goat Mountain
Kanawyers
Kid Peak
Mount Goddard
The Sphinx

Latitude: 36°51'25"N
Longitude: 118°36'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.856944444444,-118.61083333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	None	Quartz

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: Cu Fe Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Molybdenite None Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	86	83	1	155885	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	103.9	97	1	155878	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	195	157	1	155896	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_412	Granodiorite of the Lookout Peak Pluton, N of Cedar Grove Campground See Table A1.
Michelle_416	Granodiorite of the Paradise pluton, summit of Mt. Hutchings See Table A1.
Michelle_417	Granodiorite of the Paradise pluton, about 1.6 km E of Zumwalt Meadow See Table A1.
Michelle_470	Sheared granodiorite of Goddard pendant, 0.5 km W of Davis Lake See Table A1.

13 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
NAVDAT-21363	144	65	104.5±39.5				21363		218067	Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7623	4.5	3.2	3.85±0.65				7623		218067	Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
Michelle_412	97	97	97	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	17	Zircon	218066	Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA	Lookout Creek	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
NAVDAT-21462	103.9	97.3	100.6±3.3				21462		218066	Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
Michelle_417	86	83	83-86	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	22	Zircon	251835	Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA	Paradise	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
Michelle_416	86	83	83-86	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon, sphene	21		76274	Buchanan Prospect (Kenawyer Mine), Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA	Paradise	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01010_206_238	85.1	85.1	85.1	206_238		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01010_207_206	93	93	93	207_206		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01010_207_235	85.4	85.4	85.4	207_235		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01011_206_238	86.1	86.1	86.1	206_238		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01011_207_206	89	89	89	207_206		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01011_207_235	86.2	86.2	86.2	207_235		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
Michelle_470	195	157	>157	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	75	Zircon	220782	Mount Goddard, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA	Goddard Pendant	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group J (Jurassic 140-195 ma).

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