Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 128.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 252778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black Prince Prospect
Blue Bird Prospect
Domingo Occurrence
Gray Eagle Prospect
Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect
Way-Up Placer Mine

Latitude: 36°42'21"N
Longitude: 118°55'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.705833333333,-118.91722222222

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.

Copper	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: Au

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*

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			1	182726	30554

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_404	Quartz monzonite, Big Stump picnic area See Table A1. Pluton described as "unnamed." In proximity to to Mill Creek Tungsten prospect (97394).

9 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_404	128	128	128	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	9	Zircon	97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA	Big Stump Picnic Area	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group EK (Early Cretaceous 100-140 ma).
NAVDAT-51710	106	98	102±4				51710		97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51711	106	98	102±4				51711		97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51712	106	98	102±4				51712		97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51713	106	98	102±4				51713		97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-51714	106	98	102±4				51714		97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00990_206_238	128.6	128.6	128.6	206_238		zircon		Zircon	97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00990_207_206	124	124	124	207_206		zircon		Zircon	97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00990_207_235	128.4	128.4	128.4	207_235		zircon		Zircon	97394	Mill Creek Tungsten Prospect, Wilsonia, Tulare Co., California, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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