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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Haystack Mountain (Haystack; Boulder Mountain; Kern Knob), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 175
Youngest recorded age at locality: 175

mindat Locality ID: 254891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haystack Mountain (Haystack; Boulder Mountain; Kern Knob), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Big Horn Prospect (Lucky Strike)
Clark Beryl Mine
Copper Summit Prospect
Lakeview Quarries (Lakeview Talc Mine; Lakeview Deposit)
Lenbec Talc Mine (Brooklyn Talc Mine)
Long John Mine
Long John Mine (Delthe Black Warrior Mine)
Long Trail Mine
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect [3]
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect [4]
Unnamed Amazonite Occurrence [1]
Unnamed Beryl Occurrence [1]
White Quarry (Inyo Marble Quarry)

Latitude: 36°36'16"N
Longitude: 117°58'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.604444444444,-117.96722222222

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Talc

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Quartz Rocksalt Talc

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Beryl ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Microcline ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	157833	1534
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	175	175	2	157824,157834	4286
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	175	175	2	157833,157834	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	175	175	2	157828,157829	24243
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	157833	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	157833	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	157826,157827,157830	3337

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_471	Quartz monzonite of Long John pluton, N of Owens Lake See Table A1.

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
	Michelle_471	175	175	175	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age		zircon	76			Zircon			79100	Long John Mine, Haystack Mountain (Haystack; Boulder Mountain; Kern Knob), Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	Long John pluton	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group J (Jurassic 140-195 ma).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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