Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Kern Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 152
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 3481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kern Co., California, USA": 1321
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1099

Number of Child Localities: 85
Child Localities:
Amalie District (Paris District)
Area Between Havilah And Jawbone Canyon
Armistead
Atolia District
Bakersfield (Alkali City)
Bissell
Blackwells Corner
Blue Point
Breckenridge Mountain
Butterbredt Peak (Butterbread Peak)
Buttonwillow (Buena Vista)
Caliente
California City
Cane Spring
Canebrake
China Lake [town]
Chuckwalla Mountain
Clear Creek District
Cody Switch
Cottonwood Canyon
Cottonwood Creek
Cove District
Cross Mountain
Democrat Hot Springs (Democrat Springs)
Derby Acres
Desert Lake
Devils Den
Di Giorgio
East Kramer District
El Paso Mts
Erskine Creek District
Fellows
Fort Tejon (Old Fort Tejon)
Fremont Valley
Galileo Hill
Gold Peak
Greenhorn Mts
Halfway House
Indian Wells Canyon District
Indian Wells Valley
Kecks Corner
Keene
Kern City
Kern Lake
Kern River Uranium District
Keyesville District (Keysville District)
Kramer District (Kramer Borate District)
Long Tom District
Loraine District
Lost Hills (Lost Hill)
Maricopa
McKittrick
Midway Oil Field
Mojave Cove
Mojave Mine (Mohave Antimony Mine)
Mojave-Rosamond District (Mojave District)
Mount Adelaide
Northeast Kern County
Pajuela Peak
Peerless Valley
Pine Mountain District
Pinyon Mountain
Piute Mts
Rademacher District
Rand Mts
Riverkern
San Emigdio Mts
San Joaquin Valley
Scodie Mts (Kiavah Mts)
Shale Hills
Spicer City
Stringer District
Sugarloaf
Summit Range
Taft
Tehachapi Mts
Temblor Range
Toms Hill
Valley View District
Walker Basin Creek
Weldon District
Wheeler Ridge
White Mountain
White River District
Woody District

Latitude: 35°23'36"N
Longitude: 118°32'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.393333333333,-118.54416666667
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl H K Mg O P Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBenitoiteBerthieriteBerylBlöditeBournonite
BrookiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopiapiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDumortieriteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGmelinite
GypsumHalotrichiteHarmotomeHeulanditeHumboldtineIronKaoliniteLöllingiteLazuliteLepidocrocite
LudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteMicaMiniumMolybdeniteMordeniteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentOxalatePhosphuranylitePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteVeatchite
VesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

225 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Benitoite  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Blödite  (*)
Borax  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Colemanite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corderoite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Garrelsite  (*)Gaylussite  (*)Gerstleyite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Gmelinite-Na  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greigite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hectorite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Na  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Howlite  (*)Humboldtine  (*)
Hydroboracite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)
Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Kernite  (*)Kurnakovite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lechatelierite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Litharge  (*)Löllingite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Mazzite-Na  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Meyerhofferite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Niter  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Phillipsite-Na  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phurcalite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Powellite  (*)Probertite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Sassolite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Searlesite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Sideronatrite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smythite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Thermonatrite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tincalconite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Tunellite  (*)Ulexite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Veatchite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wairakite  (*)Walpurgite  (*)Wardsmithite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zincite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S9159410,159757,159759,159831,159839,159848,159851,159885,1598872793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22159314,1601203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)19194159656,159714,160138,1601538803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3100903159622,160373,1604202353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)64159885,159886,159887,159891966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O19195159245,159499,159714,159716,1597191627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511604691310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311595271534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)191911597141036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21160126718
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1521406159525,159539,159598,159990,160288,160295363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)19193159251,159714,1602203250
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6115988758
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs19191159714379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O19191159712194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O319191159714231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1529010159276,159302,159885,159887,159950,160192,160218,160377,160378,1604259052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6191911597142060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61159766919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1529017159213,159676,159679,159682,159683,159684,159882,159891,159905,159906,159926,160049,160052,160343,160398,160454,1604611272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211604925509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)100195159254,159442,159714,159761,16039211547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)21919115971483
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1919115971285
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O92159798,15979920
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S419192159714,159715343
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O19192159712,159714178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi15214011599881966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311593371935
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O2160439,160465130
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O191910159245,159646,159712,159714,159716,159717,159718,159719,159730,15973476
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45159396,159496,159864,160118,1604925516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311598311089
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr2159757,159759227
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21159499700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1521941159189,159192,159193,159250,159268,159326,159499,159503,159518,159569,159575,159576,159581,159586,159588,159597,159656,159683,159712,159714,159716,159719,159724,159766,159864,159867,159885,159971,160035,160038,160042,160046,160059,160174,160204,160207,160227,160368,160378,160483,16048427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O19195159676,159682,159683,159729,1599081184
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2100906160361,160375,160377,160378,160379,1603805171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21159499309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3159679,159766,1598644979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O43159524,159525,160288352
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O19193159712,159716,15971966
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2159887,1604925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21529033159250,159301,159337,159345,159383,159385,159388,159392,159396,159397,159407,159428,159459,159475,159511,159516,159588,159642,159766,159824,159885,159887,159934,160044,160045,160051,160109,160118,160218,160361,160378,160492,16050227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl7159757,159759,159831,159876,159885,159887,1602271382
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21159412376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O100904159887,160220,160361,1603793531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41159222951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS100909159251,159257,159258,159259,159260,159262,160431,160432,1604342600
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2216012657
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)HeulanditeNa6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O1919115971924
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3159575,159579,1596561025
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1159681566
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O19194159712,159714,159716,159719144
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O19192159714,159715382
Copper  (*)CopperCu100903159250,160361,1603783846
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2115988716
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811596221008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11598874165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21160435453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1009011603782970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2116048267
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O615214010159334,159569,159574,159575,159579,159974,160060,160093,160483,1604844135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)219193159714,159724,1598229895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182159798,159799231
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61160315944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1521941159268,159269,159292,159326,159343,159520,159569,159571,159572,159574,159575,159576,159579,159581,159585,159586,159588,159591,159597,159600,159607,159642,159653,159654,159655,159658,159714,159974,159978,160035,160038,160042,160043,160044,160045,160046,160050,160051,160059,160378,1604848173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O19191159714484
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61159676414
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1521401160053551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2159205,159208345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11599362740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24159398,159445,159676,1596799617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11599011188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1529013159220,159250,159337,159395,159478,159766,159823,159885,159887,160031,160207,160220,16037824243
Garrelsite  (*)NoneNaBa3B7Si2O16(OH)419192159712,1597145
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O115924557
Gerstleyite  (*)NoneNa2(Sb,As)8S13·2H2O19196159712,159714,159715,159716,159717,1597243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3100901160373504
Gmelinite-Na  (*)GmeliniteNa4(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O1919115971925
Gold  (*)CopperAu15216.2198159194,159195,159217,159220,159271,159277,159284,159286,159289,159291,159296,159301,159302,159303,159312,159322,159323,159337,159338,159339,159340,159342,159345,159346,159384,159391,159395,159411,159416,159422,159424,159426,159427,159430,159432,159437,159439,159440,159456,159457,159470,159477,159478,159490,159491,159494,159511,159513,159514,159534,159535,159554,159610,159634,159688,159690,159691,159692,159693,159694,159695,159696,159697,159699,159700,159701,159702,159703,159704,159705,159706,159707,159708,159709,159710,159751,159753,159758,159759,159760,159768,159776,159792,159837,159839,159842,159843,159845,159851,159853,159861,159865,159867,159868,159870,159885,159886,159887,159889,159891,159894,159895,159896,159913,159915,159927,159929,159934,159946,159952,159954,159956,159957,159961,159962,159964,159966,159970,159972,159975,159976,159982,159983,159986,159992,159994,159996,159997,159998,159999,160000,160001,160002,160004,160005,160006,160008,160009,160010,160013,160016,160017,160021,160022,160023,160025,160028,160029,160030,160031,160055,160080,160086,160103,160114,160117,160118,160125,160138,160139,160142,160144,160146,160148,160152,160153,160159,160167,160170,160171,160172,160180,160182,160189,160192,160193,160195,160207,160219,160223,160224,160227,160228,160234,160251,160253,160255,160320,160336,160347,160348,160349,160407,160427,160493,160499,160500,16050130554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1159766188
Graphite  (*)NoneC11595422812
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S419195159712,159714,159716,159719,15972462
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311592661544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O191936159197,159198,159362,159363,159364,159365,159367,159368,159373,159550,159551,159558,159667,159675,159714,159795,159796,159797,159800,159801,159802,159803,159804,159806,159811,159820,159872,159931,160288,160308,160318,160328,160332,160333,160441,1604526890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl100195159245,159556,159558,159714,1603891398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1159843409
Hectorite  (*)ClayNa0.3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(F,OH)2·nH2O1919115971419
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3100197159211,159714,159885,159887,159946,160118,16037914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3159319,159766,1598451689
Heulandite-Na  (*)Heulandite(Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)36O72·22H2O1919115971918
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O19191159714144
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)519193159712,159714,15971536
Humboldtine  (*)Humboldtine OxalateFe2+(C2O4)·2H2O115957227
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O19194159712,159714,159716,15971942
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O319192159714,1604925433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)3159676,159679,159682123
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O19196159712,159714,159716,159717,159718,15971913
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O19193159712,159714,15971934
Iron  (*)IronFe2159735,1599011089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6100903159887,160361,1603782228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS21159679102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)419196159263,159714,159885,159886,159887,1598915591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS23159524,159824,160288230
Kernite  (*)NoneNa2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O19197159712,159714,159716,159717,159719,159724,15974110
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O19196159712,159714,159716,159717,159718,15971915
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11604751271
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)215200232
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO2115932462
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)19191159714581
Litharge  (*)NonePbO15200139
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21160121762
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)100903160361,160377,160378134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)19192159712,159714451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4100903160375,160377,160380229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1703159200,159648,1596691487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4100199159640,159714,160292,160375,160377,160378,160379,160380,16049614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2100907159383,159397,159496,159766,160361,160379,16049212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21521409159279,159337,159831,159885,159887,159979,159983,160001,1600225674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1159543202
Mazzite-Na  (*)NoneNa8(Si28Al8)O72·30H2O191911597192
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2159759,159848915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1159257397
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1159499425
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1521406159682,159905,159907,160049,160454,160461388
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS19191159714255
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1159208443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O2159679,159681182
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O19193159712,159714,15971923
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS26160163,160168,160207,160218,160220,160227300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)191911597144924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11602201107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41159543247
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O19192159714,159715223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21529014159182,159208,159224,159314,159337,159526,159577,159588,159607,159769,159974,160361,160377,1603785800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1001912159201,159434,159493,159552,159637,159714,159724,159782,159808,160411,160450,1604591508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O19192159499,159719405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2152197159714,159885,159887,160060,160158,160340,16037817380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)619192159714,159715254
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O19192159499,1597141236
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)100901160394181
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1521083159315,160061,160489471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O191913159203,159235,159447,159448,159450,159497,159499,159714,159729,159921,160119,160210,1603302994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S319192159716,159719511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11592492349
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S419192159712,15971657
Phillipsite-Na  (*)HarmotomeNa6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O1919115971927
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2191911597142273
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O2160330,16035520
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2159798,159799260
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61159887477
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)100906159325,159415,159526,159607,160361,160378494
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O19196159712,159714,159715,159716,159717,15971929
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS37159754,159757,159759,159842,159885,159887,160121733
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O519191159714164
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31521408159335,159757,159825,159961,160163,160207,160218,1602271425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21521939159220,159276,159302,159305,159313,159383,159392,159516,159576,159586,159588,159642,159653,159676,159714,159766,159792,159852,159867,159868,159885,159887,159946,159956,159974,159983,160022,160103,160105,160110,160168,160170,160174,160192,160207,160288,160378,160431,16043439462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS32160207,16022084
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31160126147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8191914159283,159337,159588,159599,159657,159695,159700,159703,159714,159716,159719,159759,159766,1603159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215219121159189,159192,159212,159220,159231,159246,159249,159261,159268,159269,159272,159276,159279,159292,159302,159305,159306,159308,159309,159312,159313,159314,159326,159328,159334,159343,159354,159355,159385,159386,159388,159389,159392,159395,159396,159397,159399,159402,159404,159406,159407,159438,159449,159459,159460,159469,159475,159478,159496,159499,159524,159561,159569,159571,159573,159574,159575,159576,159579,159581,159585,159586,159588,159591,159597,159642,159653,159656,159712,159714,159759,159766,159784,159792,159831,159852,159867,159868,159885,159887,159903,159927,159929,159946,159954,159971,159974,159978,159983,160017,160022,160031,160035,160042,160045,160059,160060,160103,160105,160110,160114,160119,160127,160138,160151,160168,160170,160174,160182,160192,160206,160207,160218,160227,160244,160247,160255,160299,160407,160416,16048461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS19195159714,159716,159717,159718,159719712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)19194159714,159716,159719,1602471711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)100907160126,160131,160247,160248,160284,160373,160472969
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22159676,159682253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2191911597145614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O19192159716,159719301
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)319195159714,159715,159716,159717,15972431
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)15290119159189,159192,159205,159210,159241,159268,159269,159272,159278,159280,159281,159292,159293,159294,159300,159305,159308,159309,159312,159313,159314,159317,159321,159322,159325,159326,159327,159333,159334,159341,159343,159517,159520,159526,159537,159571,159572,159574,159575,159576,159577,159578,159579,159581,159582,159585,159586,159588,159590,159591,159597,159599,159600,159602,159603,159605,159622,159642,159644,159653,159654,159655,159656,159658,159764,159773,159792,159883,159939,159959,159960,159974,159978,159983,160017,160022,160026,160035,160037,160038,160039,160042,160043,160044,160045,160046,160050,160051,160053,160059,160061,160124,160127,160136,160151,160170,160182,160183,160189,160202,160205,160206,160207,160216,160244,160246,160255,160340,160361,160378,160386,160407,160416,160477,160482,160483,160484,160496,1605024894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11595472705
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1160343128
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O100902159887,1604251153
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)219197159245,159712,159714,159715,159716,159719,15972434
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32159524,160288179
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O1919115971473
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511595231516
Silver  (*)CopperAg5159383,159385,159410,159887,1602075186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)100902159319,1603732473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)19192159714,15971677
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33160131,160247,1602481214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1521408159337,159345,159395,159511,159766,159887,159956,16021821482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61159798688
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41160227586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1521403159525,159990,160288446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31521927159229,159267,159337,159352,159525,159539,159570,159574,159598,159714,159717,159762,159773,159774,159775,159786,159824,159843,159851,159956,160031,160207,160227,160288,160294,160299,1604183418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1160126456
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1159887332
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)100193159714,160361,160378589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS19194159714,159810,160288,1604432045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl15200275
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)25160120,160242,160249,160250,1602543337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311598871803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2160316,1604921101
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)2160126,160247240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S137159754,159757,159759,159887,160163,160218,1602205317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)19192159714,159715299
Thermonatrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·H2O115946864
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1159499452
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O19197159712,159714,159715,159716,159717,159718,15971929
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O19192159314,1597144899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O19191159714433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1521403159682,160049,1600521059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22159574,1597632562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO219191159714458
Tunellite  (*)NoneSrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O19195159712,159714,159716,159718,15971912
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O191913159238,159245,159246,159499,159558,159559,159560,159712,159714,159716,159718,159719,159730160
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO25159515,159676,159679,159681,1596822718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O152140116004989
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O4159679,159682,159907,160343890
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33159255,159525,160288369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1160220605
Veatchite  (*)VeatchiteSr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O1919115971612
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O100901160378652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011592981395
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O115989873
Walpurgite  (*)NoneBi4O4(UO2)(AsO4)2·2H2O115968238
Wardsmithite  (*)NoneCa5Mg(B4O7)6·30H2O191911597145
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)19191159714251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31521407159270,159293,159298,159588,159971,160093,1601151247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42159262,1594131655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3116020789
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO115976698
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)19192159299,1597145251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100903160233,160361,1603781025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_424Quartz monzonite of the Paiute Monument pluton, dirt road about 1.5 km NE of Whiteside mine See Table A1.


17 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
NAVDAT-218201708+9/-8   21820    211804Bissell, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1539111090100±10   15391    79934Cyrus Canyon Mine (Big Raymond Nos. 1-4 Claims; Raymond; Syrus Canyon), Old Kernville, Cove District, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1253217.616.617.1±0.5  whole rock12532    271540Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1253315.614.615.1±0.5  whole rock12533    271540Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1253419.516.317.9±1.6  whole rock12534    271540Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1254019.816.218±1.8   12540    80466Scorpion Claim, Black Mountain, El Paso Mountains District, El Paso Mts, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-44299150147148.5±1.5   44299    80168Kerntung Group, Morris Peak, Indian Wells Canyon District, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
Scott-OLEB41_307-0001191919 Age of deposition      80184Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAKramer DepositGrew et al. (2011)10.1007/s11084-010-9233-yOLEB41_307the oldest reported kernite is 19 Ma in the Kramer
Michelle_424152140<152U-PbPreferred intrusive agezircon29  Zircon  218055Piute Mts, Kern Co., California, USAPaiute MonumentChen and Moore (1982)10.1029/JB087iB06p04761AJS299_93See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group J (Jurassic 140-195 ma).
Bradley_2012_1561009095±5U/Pb zircon   Zircon  213077Tehachapi Mts, Kern Co., California, USA[Tehachapi Mtns]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02507_206_238113113113206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  272637Purdie Ridge, Tehachapi Mts, Kern Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02507_207_206108108108207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  272637Purdie Ridge, Tehachapi Mts, Kern Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02507_207_235113.1113.1113.1207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  272637Purdie Ridge, Tehachapi Mts, Kern Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
NAVDAT-564589.172.981±8.1   5645    213078Tehachapi, Tehachapi Mts, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5644887280±8   5644    80154K. S. Dixon Wild Cat Mine (Baltic Mine), Tehachapi, Tehachapi Mts, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-564389.172.981±8.1   5643    80480Shumaker DG Pit (Buesee Hills Pit), Tehachapi, Tehachapi Mts, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5633132108120±12   5633    80012Garces Highway Quarry, Woody (Weringdale), Woody District, Kern Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070168Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070168
R050195Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050195
R050661Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050661
R050660Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050660
R050283Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050283
X050174Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/X050174
R050102Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050102
R040161Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040161
R050105Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050105
R050393Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050393
R060255California Borate Company Property (Western Borax Mine; Western Mine), Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060255
R060510U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060510
R150123U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R150123
R070755Jenifer Mine (Jennifer Mine), U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070755
R061102Taft, Kern Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R061102

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