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Locality Name:
Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate Deposit, Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 542
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 5530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate Deposit, Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°41'30"N
Longitude: 119°51'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.691666666667,-119.86416666667
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 F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteAstrophylliteBaryteBenitoiteCerchiaraiteClayEricssoniteFeldsparGillespite
MargarosaniteMeliliteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhodesiteTourmalineVesuvianite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Alforsite  (*)Anandite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benitoite  (*)Bigcreekite  (*)
Celsian  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)Devitoite  (*)Diopside  (*)Esquireite  (*)
Fencooperite  (*)Ferroericssonite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Gillespite  (*)
Kinoshitalite  (*)Krauskopfite  (*)Macdonaldite  (*)Pellyite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanbornite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Titantaramellite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Walstromite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alforsite  (*)ApatiteBa5(PO4)3Cl54225105
Anandite  (*)Mica ClayBaFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10S(OH)54225105
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)542251011547
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O9542251020
Bigcreekite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·4H2O54225103
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)5422510100
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Fe3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]54225106
Devitoite  (*)AstrophylliteBa6Fe2+7Fe3+2(Si4O12)2(PO4)2(CO3)O2(OH)454225103
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O654225104135
Esquireite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaSi6O13·7H2O54225102
Fencooperite  (*)NoneBa6Fe3+3Si8O23(CO3)2Cl3·H2O54225102
Ferroericssonite  (*)EricssoniteBaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)54225103
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F54225102740
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)542251017
Gillespite  (*)GillespiteBaFe2+Si4O1054225109
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)2542251020
Krauskopfite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·3H2O54225106
Macdonaldite  (*)RhodesiteBaCa4Si16O36(OH)2·10H2O54225105
Pellyite  (*)NoneBa2CaFe2+2Si6O1754225105
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S854225101512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2542251039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854225109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2542251061156
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5542251013
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)54225102705
Titantaramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Ti,Fe3+,Mg)4(O,OH)2[B2Si8O27]Clx542251010
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1054225101395
Walstromite  (*)MargarosaniteBaCa2Si3O954225108
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)5422510251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_491Trumbull Peak hosts Ba-Silicate lenses within Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks. It is the TL of fencooperite, sanbornite and titantaramellite.


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_491542251Paleozoic Age of metasedimentary rocks      5530Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate Deposit, Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USATrumbull PeakDunning and Cooper (1999) MR30_411Age of paleozoic metasedimentary rocks that host the barium silicate lenses in which fencooperite and other minerals are found.

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