Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pine Valley, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 168
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 221362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pine Valley, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Anchor Prospect
Barbara Worth Group (Bengal)
Cassiterite Placer Claim
Cimmarron Prospect (Cimmeron Prospect)
Crestline And Gem Spar Claims
Eagle Nest Mine (Fargo Mine)
Gold Standard Group (Gold Standard Mine; North Star Mine)
Golden Harp Prospect
Group Mining Claims
Harriet Lode
Jatina Claim
Kitty Kay Group
Laguna Junction Deposits (Benton Ranch Deposits)
Long Valley Placer Deposits (Eagle Nest)
Lucky Chuck Mine (Free Coinage Mine; Hawkes Mine)
Moly Hogan Claim
Red Rooster Claim
Rose Quartz Group (Hoar Group; Mahood Prospect)
Rose Quartz Mine
Schley Group
Sheephead Truck Trail Deposit (Sheppard Truck Trail Deposit)
Silent King Prospect
Silver Cloud Prospect
Tres Amigos Mine
Unnamed Silica Claim (1)
Unnamed Sn Claim
Vault Of Ages Prospect

Latitude: 32°49'44"N
Longitude: 116°30'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.828888888889,-116.505

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.

Marcasite	None

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: Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Marcasite None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Marcasite ()*

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
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	174733	5674

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-44479	168	161	164+4/-3	44479	221362	Pine Valley, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44475	168	161	164+4/-3	44475	91384	Kitty Kay Group, Pine Valley, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126202	120	116	118±2	126202	91390	Laguna Junction Deposits (Benton Ranch Deposits), Pine Valley, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126216	144	65	104.5±39.5	126216	91584	Silent King Prospect, Pine Valley, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44488	168	161	164+4/-3	44488	91639	Unnamed Silica Claim (1), Pine Valley, Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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