Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 125.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 102.6

mindat Locality ID: 248226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Belleview Mine
Canady Mine
Dave Smith Mine
Eighty-Six Mine
Erickson Pumice Mine
L. H. Miller Mine
S. E. Canady Mine (Canady Mine)
Unnamed Diatomite Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Stone Quarry (1)

Latitude: 37°2'41"N
Longitude: 119°44'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.044722222222,-119.73694444444

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.

Amorphous	Copper	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: Au H O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Copper None Quartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Opal ()*	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
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	125.4	102.6	4	162186,162187,162189,162191	30554
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	125.4	102.6	1	162193	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	110.3	105.2	2	162186,162187	61156

11 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-32231	125.4	102.6	114±11.4			32231		248226	Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00891_206_238	110.3	110.3	110.3	206_238	zircon		Zircon	81545	Belleview Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00891_207_235	105.2	105.2	105.2	207_235	zircon		Zircon	81545	Belleview Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
NAVDAT-32233	125.4	102.6	114±11.4			32233		81610	Eighty-Six Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-32241	125.4	102.6	114±11.4			32241		81610	Eighty-Six Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-32242	125.4	102.6	114±11.4			32242		81610	Eighty-Six Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-32243	125.4	102.6	114±11.4			32243		81610	Eighty-Six Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-32244	125.4	102.6	114±11.4			32244		81610	Eighty-Six Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-32245	125.4	102.6	114±11.4			32245		81610	Eighty-Six Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37783	116	112	114±2			37783		81610	Eighty-Six Mine, Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37781	116	112	114±2			37781		81823	Unnamed Stone Quarry (1), Indian Springs, Madera Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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