Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mono Craters, Mono Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 62380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mono Craters, Mono Co., California, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Crater Mountain
Panum Crater
Southern Coulee
Unnamed Anhydrite Occurrence (1)

Latitude: 37°53'10"N
Longitude: 119°1'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.886111111111,-119.02472222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Cristobalite	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group

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 Ca K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cristobalite Feldspar None Not in a structural group

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Sanidine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	164364	1588
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	164363	453
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	164363	598

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-29609	0.1	0	0.05±0.05	29609	62380	Mono Craters, Mono Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29610	0.1	0	0.05±0.05	29610	62380	Mono Craters, Mono Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29611	0.1	0	0.05±0.05	29611	62380	Mono Craters, Mono Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29612	0.1	0	0.05±0.05	29612	62380	Mono Craters, Mono Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7508	3.1	3.1	3.1±0	7508	83120	Frank Sam Mine, Crater Mountain, Mono Craters, Mono Co., California, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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