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Locality Name:
Stony Creek Village, Tulare Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 252987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stony Creek Village, Tulare Co., California, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Loverin-Stadler Placer
Redwood Canyon Mine (Barton Mine)
Stony Creek Prospect
W. Hart Prospect

Latitude: 36°39'46"N
Longitude: 118°49'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.662777777778,-118.83027777778

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.

Calcite	None	Scheelite

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: C Ca Mo O W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None Scheelite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Powellite ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	182620	27770
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	182620	494
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	182620,182621	4894

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_437	Granodiorite of the Big Meadow pluton, Hwy. 198, near Stony Creek Campground, 0.4 km W of Stony Creek See Table A1.
Michelle_441	Alaskite, within the Big Meadow pluton, 1.2 km W of Stony Creek 1.6 km E of Hwy 198 See Table A1.

3 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_437	98	98	98	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	42	Zircon	252987	Stony Creek Village, Tulare Co., California, USA	Big Meadow	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
Michelle_441	100	100	100	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age of Alaskite	zircon	46	Zircon	252987	Stony Creek Village, Tulare Co., California, USA	Big Meadow Pluton - Alaskite	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
NAVDAT-29642	145	90	117+28/-27				29642		97502	W. Hart Prospect, Stony Creek Village, Tulare Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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