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Locality Name:
Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 93
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83

mindat Locality ID: 251835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Badders Claims
Buchanan Prospect (Kenawyer Mine)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence [11]
Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12]
Unnamed Cu Occurrence [5]
Unnamed Cu Occurrence [6]
Unnamed Cu Occurrence [7]
Unnamed Cu Occurrence [8]

Latitude: 36°47'30"N
Longitude: 118°35'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.791666666667,-118.58805555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	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: Cu Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	86	83	1	155885	27198

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_416	Granodiorite of the Paradise pluton, summit of Mt. Hutchings See Table A1.
Michelle_417	Granodiorite of the Paradise pluton, about 1.6 km E of Zumwalt Meadow See Table A1.

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_417	86	83	83-86	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	22	Zircon	251835	Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA	Paradise	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
Michelle_416	86	83	83-86	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon, sphene	21		76274	Buchanan Prospect (Kenawyer Mine), Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA	Paradise	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01010_206_238	85.1	85.1	85.1	206_238		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01010_207_206	93	93	93	207_206		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01010_207_235	85.4	85.4	85.4	207_235		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01011_206_238	86.1	86.1	86.1	206_238		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01011_207_206	89	89	89	207_206		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01011_207_235	86.2	86.2	86.2	207_235		zircon		Zircon	76580	Unnamed Cu Occurrence [12], Kanawyers, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb

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