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Locality Name:
Rush Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 26490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rush Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Esquire No. 1 Claim
Snow Cap Mine

Latitude: 37°4'59"N
Longitude: 119°16'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.083055555556,-119.27166666667
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: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteBenitoiteCerchiaraiteFeldsparLinariteMargarosaniteMeliliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRhodesiteRocksaltSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bazirite  (*)Benitoite  (*)Bigcreekite  (*)Celsian  (*)
Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)Diopside  (*)Esquireite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Galena  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kampfite  (*)Krauskopfite  (*)Linarite  (*)Macdonaldite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanbornite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titantaramellite  (*)
Traskite  (*)Walstromite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14566011547
Bazirite  (*)BenitoiteBaZrSi3O9145662155520,15552111
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O914566115552020
Bigcreekite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·4H2O1456611555203
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)145661155520100
Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Al4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]1456611555204
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61456604135
Esquireite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaSi6O13·7H2O1456611555202
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)145662155520,15552117
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566115552024243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61456602228
Kampfite  (*)NoneBa12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl51456611555202
Krauskopfite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·3H2O1456611555206
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2145661155520987
Macdonaldite  (*)RhodesiteBaCa4Si16O36(OH)2·10H2O1456611555205
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145662155520,1555219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145662155520,15552161156
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5145662155520,15552113
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566115552021482
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx145662155520,15552110
Traskite  (*)NoneBa21Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Ti)4(Ti,Fe,Mg)12(Si12O36)(Si2O7)6(O,OH)30Cl6·14H2O1456611555204
Walstromite  (*)MargarosaniteBaCa2Si3O9145662155520,1555218
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)145661155520251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_501Big Creek - Rush Creek district is known for unique barium minerals. Sanbornite-quartz rock and associated foliated quartzite, occur within metasedimentary blocks in migmatite adjoining a granodiorite pluton


1 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_50114566CretaceousStratigraphyAge of contact metamorphism   Yes Ba209815Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USARush Creek - Big CreekWalstrom and Leising (2005) MR36_1Age of granodiorite intrusion. Barium deposits result in metasedimentary blocks within migmatite resulting from contact metamorphism.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070657Rush Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070657
R060770Rush Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060770
R060315Esquire No. 1 Claim, Rush Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060315
R060706Esquire No. 1 Claim, Rush Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060706

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