Tuolumne Meadows, Tuolumne Co., California, USAi
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Tuolumne Meadows | - not defined - |
Tuolumne Co. | County |
California | State |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 52' 21'' North , 119° 21' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Lee Vining | 222 (2011) | 22.6km |
Yosemite Valley | 1,035 (2011) | 24.4km |
Mono City | 172 (2011) | 26.3km |
June Lake | 629 (2011) | 26.7km |
Mammoth Lakes | 7,946 (2018) | 41.9km |
A flat located WSW of Lee Vining on the Tuolumne County - Mariposa County border. The occurrence substantially lies/continues into Mariposa County.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) Description: Occurs as megacrysts from 2.5 cm to 7.5 cm in porphyritic quartz monzonite of the Cathedral Peak pluton. Reference: Calkins, F.C. (1930), The granitic rocks of the Yosemite region: USS PP 160: 127; Kerrick, D.M. (1969) K-feldspar megacrysts from porphiritic quartz monzonite, cental Sierra Nevada, California. American Mineralogist: 54: 839-848; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 361. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Calkins, F.C. (1930), The granitic rocks of the Yosemite region: USS PP 160: 127.
Kerrick, D.M. (1969) K-feldspar megacrysts from porphiritic quartz monzonite, cental Sierra Nevada, California. American Mineralogist: 54: 839-848.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 184.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 361, 365.
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Tuolumne Meadows, Tuolumne Co., California, USA