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Locality Name:
Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 185
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12.86

mindat Locality ID: 254451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Anthony Mine
Bendire Canyon Mine [2]
Death Valley Onyx Deposit (Onys Marble; Onyx Mine Death Valley)
El Toro No. 1 Occurrence
Hilltop Mine (William And Johnson Mine; Revenue Canyon-Shepards Canyon Divide [Murdoch & Webb])
Kathy Nos. 1-6 & 9 Other Prospects (C. C. Jones Claims)
Kopper King Mine
McGrew Tin Prospect
Millspaugh Prospect (Big 4 Iron Nos. 1-3; Millspaugh Iron Deposit; Millspaugh Deposit)
Shepard Canyon
Silver Dome Prospect
Unknown Cu-Ag-Fe Occurrence [1]
Valley Mine

Latitude: 36°2'26"N
Longitude: 117°25'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.040555555556,-117.42611111111
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 Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCorundumMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSpinelStibniteTungstite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)115713027770
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3115713614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4115713614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2115714012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2115713639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23157134,157136,15714061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)13.8412.8611571384894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311571323418
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O13.8412.861157138118


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_474Granite of Bendire Canyon in Bendire Canyon See Table A1.


8 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_474185185185U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon79 YesZircon  78488Bendire Canyon Mine [1], Maturango Peak, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USABendire CanyonChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group J (Jurassic 140-195 ma).
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01115_206_238160.9160.9160.9206_238 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01115_207_206143143143207_206 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01115_207_235159.7159.7159.7207_235 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01116_206_238161.2161.2161.2206_238 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01116_207_206160160160207_206 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01116_207_235161.1161.1161.1207_235 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
NAVDAT-4948513.8412.8613.35±0.49   49485    209726Shepard Canyon, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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