Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cactus Peak, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 99
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.054

mindat Locality ID: 256019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cactus Peak, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Caso Pumice Mine
Coso Molybdenite Mine (Coso Molybdenite Claim)
Donna Pumice Group Nos. 1-4
Ray Gill Group (Ray Gill No. 7 Claim; Ray Gill No. 31 Claim; Ray Gill No. 53 Claim)
Unnamed Pumice Prospect [7]

Latitude: 36°5'40"N
Longitude: 117°51'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.094444444444,-117.85194444444

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.

Molybdenite	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: Mo S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Molybdenite None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Molybdenite ()*

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
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	99	0.054	1	157264	5800

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_452	Granite of the Cactus Point pluton, Hwy. 180, 1.6 km NE of Ash Mountain Park Headquarters 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_452	99	80	<99	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	57	Zircon	256019	Cactus Peak, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA	Cactus Point pluton	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group LK (Late Cretaceous 80-100 ma).
NAVDAT-18341	3.96	3.24	3.6±0.36				18341		78618	Caso Pumice Mine, Cactus Peak, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-131188	0.072	0.054	0.063±0.009				131188		79639	Unnamed Pumice Prospect [7], Cactus Peak, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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