Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Phoenix Prospect, Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 103
Youngest recorded age at locality: 91.8

mindat Locality ID: 79303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-79303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phoenix Prospect, Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°46'41"N
Longitude: 118°19'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.778055555556,-118.32666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	None

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: C O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	103	91.8	0		2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	103	91.8	0		4979

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_420	Quartz monzonite of the Dragon Pluton, roadcut at Onion Valley See Table A1.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_420	103	103	103	U-Pb	Preferred intrusive age	zircon	25	Zircon	79303	Phoenix Prospect, Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA	Dragon	Chen and Moore (1982)	10.1029/JB087iB06p04761	AJS299_93	See p. 4768, Table 2. Age group EK (Early Cretaceous 100-140 ma).
NAVDAT-37333	92.4	91.8	92.1±0.3				37333		79303	Phoenix Prospect, Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37348	92.4	91.8	92.1±0.3				37348		79303	Phoenix Prospect, Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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