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:
Music Valley, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 220480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Music Valley, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Music Valley Deposit (Music Valley Rare Earth Deposit)

Latitude: 34°0'37"N
Longitude: 115°55'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.010277777778,-115.92194444444

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

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 Ca Fe H K Mg O P Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Feldspar Mica None Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	541	1	169571	3419
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	541	1	169571	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	541	541	1	169571	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	541	1	169571	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	541	541	1	169571	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	541	1	169567	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	541	541	1	169571	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	541	541	6	169567,169568,169570,169571,169572,169573	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	541	541	1	169571	5251

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
	ree-00695	541	541	Precambrian			low								87191	Music Valley Deposit (Music Valley Rare Earth Deposit), Music Valley, Dale District (Virginia Dale District), Pinto Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA	Music Valley	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

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