Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mineral King, Mineral King District, Tulare Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 252751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral King, Mineral King District, Tulare Co., California, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Annie Fox Prospect (Annie Fox Claim; Silver Creek Claim; Iron Cap Claim)
Comanche Mine
Lady Alice Mine
Mineral Peak
Rainbow Mountain
Unnamed W Occurrence [1]
Unspecified Pb Occurrence [1]

Latitude: 36°26'6"N
Longitude: 118°34'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.435,-118.57333333333

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.

Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stibnite

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: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Stibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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	145	90	2	182478,182485	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	182479	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	90	2	182482,182485	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	182478	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	182478,182482	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	182487	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	182482	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	182486	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	90	2	182479,182485	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	145	90	2	182480,182485	3418

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-29664	145	90	117+28/-27					29664						97368	Lady Franklin Mine (Lady Franklin Prospect), Rainbow Mountain, Mineral King, Mineral King District, Tulare Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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