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Locality Name:
Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 138

mindat Locality ID: 235834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grizzly Tungsten No. 1
High Grade Occurrence

Latitude: 39°51'29"N
Longitude: 121°20'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.858055555556,-121.34555555556
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: Ca Fe H Mg O Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleNoneQuartzScheelite

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)214413811683343419
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2144138116833461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)14413811683344894


6 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
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02544_206_238138138138206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  235834Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02544_207_206142142142207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  235834Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02544_207_235138138138207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  235834Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02545_206_238138138138206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  235834Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02545_207_206144144144207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  235834Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02545_207_235138138138207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  235834Merlin, Plumas Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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