Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caldwell Pines, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 172
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 229400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caldwell Pines, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brown Prospect
Elliott Prospect (Elliot Prospect)
Gunn Claim
Little Falls Deposit
Old Dough Claim

Latitude: 38°52'19"N
Longitude: 122°48'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.871944444444,-122.81472222222

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.

None	Rutile	Spinel

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: Cr Fe Mn O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Rutile Spinel

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*

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
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2.9	0	1	160645	3902
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2.9	0	1	160646	3106

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Hg-00110	2.9	0		?-?			Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Schuetteite, Tiemannite	Hg	80795	East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA		Smith et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.029	EPSL269_399
NAVDAT-130384	1.68	1.64	1.66±0.02			130384					229400	Caldwell Pines, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
podchrome-00325	172	166	Middle Jurassic (169±3 U-Pb, zircon in plagiogranite)		zircon			Zircon		Cr	80817	Gunn Claim, Caldwell Pines, East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA	Gunn Claims	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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