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Locality Name:
Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 139
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94

mindat Locality ID: 218228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unspecified Pegmatite Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°27'36"N
Longitude: 118°52'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.46,-118.87083333333

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.

Feldspar	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: Al Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Feldspar None Quartz

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	139	94	1	182580	8803
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	139	94	1	182580	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_451	Quartz diorite, Hwy. 198, W of Salt Creek bridge, E end of Three Rivers, and W of BM1030 See Table A1. Pluton described as "unnamed."

10 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_451	100	97	>97	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	56	Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA	Salt Creek bridge	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-01077_206_238	97.3	97.3	97.3	206_238		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01077_207_206	139	139	139	207_206		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01077_207_235	99	99	99	207_235		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01078_206_238	96.4	96.4	96.4	206_238		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01078_207_206	136	136	136	207_206		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01078_207_235	98	98	98	207_235		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01079_206_238	94	94	94	206_238		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01079_207_206	130	130	130	207_206		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01079_207_235	95.3	95.3	95.3	207_235		zircon		Zircon	218228	Salt Creek, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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