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Locality Name:
Kagel Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1205
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1167

mindat Locality ID: 219098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kagel Canyon, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 51
Child Localities:
Baughman Dolomite Deposit
Campbell-Dunkes Group (Campbell-Dunken Group)
Denver Group (Denver Mining And Milling Company; Ore Hill Group; Red Ledge Mine; Fenner Mine; Chance Mine; Pacoima Canyon Mine)
Dillon Divide
Dillon Divide Area
G. C. K. Placers (Dutch Louie)
Gilman Deposit
Goodan Mine
Hansen Dam Quarry
Head Of Kagel Canyon Area
Hilltop Lime Mine
Independent American Mining Company Mine (American Independent Mining Company Claims)
Katz Diatomaceous Shale Prospect
Katz Mine
Lang 4 Deposit (Needham And Boruff Deposit)
Lap Wing Et Al. Mine (Lap Wing And Others; Haskins)
Last Chance Prospect
Limerock Canyon
Lincoln Service Corporation Quarry
Little Nugget Placers
Little Tujunga 1 Deposit (Live Oak Placer Mine; Live Oak Deposit)
Little Tujunga 10 Deposit
Little Tujunga 11 Deposit
Little Tujunga 4 Deposit
Little Tujunga 5 Deposit
Little Tujunga 6 Deposit
Little Tujunga 7 Deposit
Little Tujunga 8 Deposit (Trail Canyon 1 Deposit)
Little Tujunga 9 Deposit
Little Tujunga Quadrangle Occurrences
Lone Cabin Placer Mine
Los Angeles Silica Corp. Property
Lovell Group (Lovell-North Group)
Magic Mountain Group
Marion Lode Gold Prospect
Mason & Allen Deposit (Mason And Allen Deposit)
Neher Prospect
Orion Prospect
Pacoima Canyon
Pine Spring Group
R. Vella Prospect
Rattlesnake Canyon
Red Cloud Claim
San Fernando Mine
Trail Canyon 2 Deposit
Trail Canyon 4 Deposit
Turner Mine
Unnamed Clay Deposit (1)
Unspecified Fe-V-Ti Occurrence
White Crystal Mine
Wragg Ranch Mine

Latitude: 34°20'45"N
Longitude: 118°20'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.345833333333,-118.34333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteGarnet
MelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120511672161413,16141427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1205116711614144165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21205116711614189895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1205116711614188173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120511672161413,16141424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu120511672161419,16143530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC120511672161420,1614322812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31205116711614331544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31205116712161428,161436,161437,161439,161440,161441,161442,161443,161444,161451,161461,1614625433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41205116712161428,161436,161437,161439,161440,161441,161442,161443,161444,161451,161461,16146214899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O120511671161414915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212051167116142517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1205116711614262994
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81205116711614149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212051167116141361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1205116711614146417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51205116711614321516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120511672161413,16141421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1205116711614164899


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_125120511671186±19U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  28941San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California, USAMendenhall PeakMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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