Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Roadside Mine (Picacho Peak Project; Christie), Picacho Peak, Picacho District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 77144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-77144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roadside Mine (Picacho Peak Project; Christie), Picacho Peak, Picacho District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°58'23"N
Longitude: 114°38'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.973055555556,-114.64222222222

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000390	27.4	24.2	25.8±1.6	K-Ar	Age suspected to be older than the Kinter formation found in the Chocolate Mountains.	UAKA-68-09	Yes	216264	Picacho, Picacho District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA	Picacho Peak Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000391	26.9	23.9	25.4±1.5	K-Ar		UAKA-67-01	Yes	216264	Picacho, Picacho District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA	Picacho Peak Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
NAVDAT-16045	27	21	24±3			16045		77144	Roadside Mine (Picacho Peak Project; Christie), Picacho Peak, Picacho District, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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