Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Cable Mine (Little Three Extension Prospect; New A.B.C. Prospect; New ABC Prospect), Ramona, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 99
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 91172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-91172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cable Mine (Little Three Extension Prospect; New A.B.C. Prospect; New ABC Prospect), Ramona, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°3'28"N
Longitude: 116°47'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.057777777778,-116.79833333333

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.

Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Garnet	None	Quartz	Topaz	Tourmaline

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 B Be F H Li Mn Na O Sb Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be F H Li Mn Na O Sb Si Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chlorite Clay Garnet None Quartz Topaz Tourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	99	95	4286
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	99	95	181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	99	95	520
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	99	95	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	99	95	1214
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	99	95	53
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	99	95	1476

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_014	99	95	97±2	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			3561	Little Three Mine (Little 3 Mine), Ramona, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA	Little Three Mine	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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