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Locality Name:
Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 265
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.4

mindat Locality ID: 280867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Kinney Mine
Marble Quarry (MRDS - 10105619)
Marble Quarry (MRDS - 10241127)
North Carson Creek
Posey No. 5 Occurrence
Pumicite Deposit (MRDS - 10070314)
Unnamed Gemstone Location (MRDS - 10119758)
Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378)

Latitude: 42°11'12"N
Longitude: 113°46'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.186666666667,-113.77527777778

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

10 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
USGS-Rb-Sr-02636265195230±35Rb-Srsample contains inherited material, age is too oldwhole rock     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0263724.623.424±0.6Rb-Srinitial age disturbed by later metamorphismwhole rock     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0263825.4424.2424.84±0.6Rb-Srinitial age disturbed by later metamorphismplagioclase     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0263925.4424.2424.84±0.6Rb-Srinitial age disturbed by later metamorphismk-feldspar     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0264025.4424.2424.84±0.6Rb-Srinitial age disturbed by later metamorphismbiotite     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-02650265195230±35Rb-Srsample contains inherited material, age is too oldwhole rock     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0265168.565.567±1.5Rb-Sr whole rock     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0265270.8667.8669.36±1.5Rb-Sr plagioclase     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0265370.8667.8669.36±1.5Rb-Sr k-feldspar     141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-Rb-Sr-0265470.8667.8669.36±1.5Rb-Sr muscovite   Muscovite  141530Unnamed Lead Location (MRDS - 10265378), Oakley Area, Cassia Co., Idaho, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 


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