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Locality Name:
McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 161.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 143

mindat Locality ID: 79160
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-79160.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°1'18"N
Longitude: 117°25'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.021666666667,-117.43222222222

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

6 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
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01115_206_238160.9160.9160.9206_238 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01115_207_206143143143207_206 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01115_207_235159.7159.7159.7207_235 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01116_206_238161.2161.2161.2206_238 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01116_207_206160160160207_206 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-01116_207_235161.1161.1161.1207_235 zircon   Zircon  79160McGrew Tin Prospect, Millspaugh, Argus Mts (Argus Range), Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 


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