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Locality Name:
Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 295001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 70

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Music Valley
Outlaw Mine
Pinto Mountain
Pinto Mountains Meteorite
Zulu Queen Mine (Zulu Claim Group)

Latitude: 34°0'30"N
Longitude: 115°42'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.008333333333,-115.70361111111
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteIronJohanniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSpinelTitaniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nitratine  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Troilite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)25415412169566,1695713419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22169593,1696045509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2169604,16963227770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11696141184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11695934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29169578,169579,169584,169590,169598,169599,169604,169632,16963427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O15169578,169579,169582,169584,169586,169587,169590,169591,169598,169604,169607,169609,169617,169632,1696343531
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O116961458
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2169605,1696178173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2169593,16959924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16169579,169580,169582,169584,169587,169590,169591,169598,169599,169603,169604,169605,169606,169607,169609,16961730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O39169578,169579,169584,169590,169604,169605,169606,169632,16963414640
Iron  (*)IronFe11696371089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62169590,1696062228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O116961469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45415416169566,169571,169590,169603,169604,16960614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215169576,169578,169579,169580,169582,169584,169586,169590,169591,169593,169598,169604,169617,169632,16963412537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5415412169566,1695714924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25415412169566,16957117380
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)116957991
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5415412169566,1695712349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1169614144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218169579,169580,169582,169584,169586,169587,169590,169591,169598,169603,169604,169605,169607,169609,169617,169632,169633,16963439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25415418169567,169576,169579,169582,169586,169604,169632,16963461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2169578,1696056417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5415412169566,1695714899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11696371044
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211696142718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)5415417169566,169567,169568,169570,169571,169572,169573939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)5415412169566,1695715251


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
ree-00695541541Precambrian  low      87191Music Valley Deposit (Music Valley Rare Earth Deposit), Music Valley, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USAMusic ValleyOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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