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Locality Name:
Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 79353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-79353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°47'47"N
Longitude: 118°20'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.796388888889,-118.34222222222
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: Au Cu Fe O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Cu Fe O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperNoneQuartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211495027198
Gold  (*)CopperAu11495030554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211495061156


7 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-Rb-Sr-0712610298.8100.4±1.6Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rock     79353Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02444_206_238103103103206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  79353Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02444_207_20610995102±7207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  79353Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02444_207_235103103103207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  79353Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02445_206_238106106106206_238age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  79353Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02445_207_206114104109±5207_206age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  79353Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 
USGS-U-Th-Pb-02445_207_235106106106207_235age of intrusionzircon   Zircon  79353Rex Montis Mine (Mountain View Claim; Arctic Boomerang; Ibex Claim; Arctic Claim; Boomerang Claim), Kearsarge Peak, Kearsarge District [1], Inyo Co., California, USA USGS-U-Th-Pb USGS-U-Th-Pb 

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