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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 253244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Queen Mine

Latitude: 36°36'46"N
Longitude: 118°42'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.612777777778,-118.70083333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu H O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteLinariteNone

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2009011824632734
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2009011824634979
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2200901182463987


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_432Aplite dike in the Giant Forest pluton, Hwy. 198, 1.6 km W of Lodgepole Campground See Table A1.
Michelle_436Granite of the Lodgepole pluton, at Lodgepole Campground, 0.4 km N of Kaweah River See Table A1.


21 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_4321029797-102U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon37  Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USAGiant ForestChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
Michelle_436140115>115U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon41  Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USALodgepoleChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group EK (Early Cretaceous 100-140 ma).
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01044_206_238110.7110.7110.7206_238 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01044_207_206125125125207_206 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01044_207_235111.3111.3111.3207_235 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01045_206_238114.8114.8114.8206_238 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01045_207_206134134134207_206 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01045_207_235115.7115.7115.7207_235 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01046_206_238115.4115.4115.4206_238 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01046_207_206146146146207_206 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01046_207_235116.8116.8116.8207_235 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01047_206_238113.3113.3113.3206_238 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01047_207_206138138138207_206 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01047_207_235114.4114.4114.4207_235 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01048_206_238105.9105.9105.9206_238 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01048_207_206138138138207_206 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01048_207_235107.3107.3107.3207_235 zircon   Zircon  253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01049_206_23896.196.196.1206_238 sphene     253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01049_207_206959595207_206 sphene     253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01049_207_235969696207_235 sphene     253244Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
NAVDAT-2962420090145±55   29624    97274Copper Queen Mine, Lodgepole, Tulare Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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