Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Magnesite at Mineral Co., Nevada, USA

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 145.5Ma - 65.5Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00645	145.5	65.5		Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	227976	SFS Cu Deposit (Longshot Ridge; Luning), Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
NAVDAT-18360	6.27	5.13				63653	Powell Canyon, Borealis District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-18401	3.08	2.52				39396	New Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine; Peterson Mine), Candelaria District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
PorphCu-00645	145.5	65.5		Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	227976	SFS Cu Deposit (Longshot Ridge; Luning), Volcano Peak, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00654	145.5	65.5		Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	228009	Red Hills Prospect, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155