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Locality Name:
Esquire No. 1 Claim, 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: 4369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esquire No. 1 Claim, Rush Creek, Rush Creek Deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°4'59"N
Longitude: 119°16'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.083055555556,-119.27194444444
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 Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBenitoiteCerchiaraiteFeldsparLinariteMargarosaniteMeliliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRhodesiteRocksaltSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Bazirite  (*)Benitoite  (*)Bigcreekite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)
Esquireite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Galena  (*)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
Bazirite  (*)BenitoiteBaZrSi3O914566011
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O914566020
Bigcreekite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·4H2O1456603
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)145660100
Cerchiaraite-(Al)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Al4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]1456604
Esquireite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaSi6O13·7H2O1456602
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)14566017
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566024243
Kampfite  (*)NoneBa12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl51456602
Krauskopfite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·3H2O1456606
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2145660987
Macdonaldite  (*)RhodesiteBaCa4Si16O36(OH)2·10H2O1456605
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81456609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O514566013
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566021482
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx14566010
Traskite  (*)NoneBa21Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Ti)4(Ti,Fe,Mg)12(Si12O36)(Si2O7)6(O,OH)30Cl6·14H2O1456604
Walstromite  (*)MargarosaniteBaCa2Si3O91456608
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)145660251


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
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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